"Most biased cricket analyst ever." - Furious Virat Kohli fans slam Indian legend Kapil Dev for his comments on star batter

Former Indian captain and World Cup winner Kapil Dev has made a bold statement about Virat Kohli's future in India's T20I team. The 33-year-old has arguably been one of the modern-day greats but has suffered a rough patch of form of late.

Kohli and a few other big names like Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, and Shreyas Iyer were rested for the first T20I against England after playing the Edgbaston Test last week.

However, with these five back in the main squad for the remaining T20Is, there were questions on who India would leave out to accommodate Kohli. Kapil Dev has pointed out that if a world-class off-spinner like Ravichandran Ashwin can be kept on the bench in the Test against England, then why not Kohli?

This is what the Indian legend said on this matter while talking to a news channel on Saturday, as quoted by PTI:

"Yes, now the situation is such that you might be forced to bench Kohli from T20 playing XI. If World No. 2 bowler Ashwin can be dropped from Test side then (once-upon-a-time) World No. 1 batter can also be dropped."

Kapil Dev wanted to suggest that reputation should no longer be prioritized over current form and performance. However, this did not go down well with some passionate Kohli fans.

They believe Kohli is arguably India's best T20I batter and his record speaks for itself. These fans took to Twitter to slam Dev for his comments. Here are some of those tweets:

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Virat Kohli, Pant, Bumrah included in India’s squad for 2nd and 3rd T20Is

Here's a look at India's squad for the second and third T20Is against England, to be played on July 9 and 10 respectively.

Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik