'Nobody is bigger than the game' : Twitter not happy with reports of Virat Kohli missing SA ODIs

India are set to tour South Africa for three Tests and as many ODIs. Ahead of such an important tour, the Indian team was dealt with a massive blow as Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the series owing to injury. Now if the latest reports are to be believed, Virat Kohli is likely to skip the ODIs. Kohli has asked the BCCI for a break from the series as he wants to go on a vacation to celebrate his daughter's first birthday.

Twitter however is not impressed by Kohli's call. They feel that Kohli is skipping the series as he is not happy with BCCI's decision to strip him of the ODI captaincy. Notably, BCCI removed Kohli as ODI captain and handed over the reins to Rohit Sharma. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly later confirmed that he personally requested Kohli to not give up T20I captaincy which he didn't agree after which BCCI stripped him off ODI captaincy, as they felt that two different skippers in limited-overs format was not the right way to go.

Twitter felt it was wrong on Kohli's behalf to give the ODIs a skip.

Highly disappointed that Virat is making himself unavailable for the ODI series against SA for his daughter’s birthday. If that’s so, I won’t defend him in any way. It’s highly unprofessional of him.
But I get a feeling there might be some other reason. #ViratKohli #IndvsSA

— Dr. Palak Singh (@thatsmePalak) December 14, 2021

BCCI is becoming toxic... No idea what they're trying to do. @imVkohli out of ODI series to take a break unbelievable. Everything is not good between current captain and outgoing captain. BCCI have to act responsibly otherwise it will be too late #BCCI https://t.co/z19JrmWaF0

— Aman Jha (@AmanJha68865006) December 14, 2021

No Rohit Sharma, No Virat Kohli
Ye to sach mein NEW ERA aa gaya 😉#IndvsSA #INDvSA #CricketTwitter

— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) December 14, 2021

Nobody is bigger than the game. That's the tweet. Respect the game. Crores of kids dream to don the INDIA jersey. If it was earned then, it should be earned now. Personal chutti lena hai to work in 9 to 5 job. @BCCI @imVkohli @ImRo45

— Ansuman (@ansumanpaikray) December 14, 2021

Worrying portrayal by sections of Media on @ImRo45 and @imVkohli and their reasons for missing each other in the Test’s and ODIs in SA. @BCCI someone has to watch this closely. Players do have their lives, and its not always what one sees by naked eyes alone. @bhogleharsha

— IndianFromThane (@Indianfromthane) December 14, 2021

@ImRo45 out of test series due to injury and @imVkohli will take break from ODI series.. Wowww what an award winning movie script Courtesy: @BCCI 👏🏻👏🏻

— Aman Jha (@AmanJha68865006) December 14, 2021

If Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are playing power games, bench both of them. Indian cricket has enough talent waiting.

— Mayur Datey (@mayur1441) December 14, 2021

Meamwhile, India can be without Rohit Sharma as well for the ODIs. The batter has been ruled out of the Tests after picking up an injury ahead of the tour and his participation in the ODIs is also in doubt.