Ind vs Ban 1st Test: Memes Flood Internet After Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill Fall

India’s Test series season started today, September 19, with a two-match showdown against Bangladesh. The opening match of the series is being played at the iconic Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first. India lost three crucial wickets – one of captain Rohit Sharma, former skipper Virat Kohli and Shubhman Gill – before lunch on day 1. As the Indian top order crumbled against the Bangladeshi bowlers, and the scorecard read 12/3, many cricket fans were left reeling. Some took to social media to express their disappointment as they grapple with the unexpected fall of wickets, others shared memes to ease the pain.

This user shared India’s scorecard and joked that it “looks like a credit card CVV number”.

Here’s what this user posted after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were dismissed for just six runs each.

Check out what this cricket fan shared:

“Rohit and Virat after watching the batting of Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal,” wrote yet another X user while sharing a snippet from the film Hera Pheri.

And it can’t get more apt than this.

Here’s what this X user had to say after Shubman Gill was dismissed for a duck.

With India’s batting in tatters, the pressure is now on the middle order to steady the ship.

IND vs BAN Playing XIs for 1st Test

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana