Pandya, Rahul Trolled for Saying Kohli Better Than Sachin on ‘KWK’

The duo have been widely ridiculed for the opinion that their captain is a ‘better batsman’ than the all-time great.

Social media pressure continues to mount on Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul after their appearance on Koffee With Karan.

Pandya and Rahul became the first active Indian cricketers to feature on the popular chat show, hosted by Bollywood supremo Karan Johar, in an episode which aired on Sunday, 6 January.

While India’s historic Test series win in Australia took some of the attention away from their KWK appearance, Twitter users have continued to troll the duo for some of their comments.

Pandya has been called out for his misogynistic comments, but the greatest amount of animosity is coming over the pair’s suggestion that Virat Kohli is a ‘better batsman’ than Sachin Tendulkar.

Something’s brewing ☕️😎@klrahul11 @karanjohar pic.twitter.com/umQlQIYKVJ

— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) November 9, 2018

When asked to pick the better batsman, in their opinion, during a rapid-fire round, both Pandya and Rahul named their captain over Tendulkar – the highest run-scorer in the history of international cricket.

' Sachin or Virat '

Elite opinions. pic.twitter.com/SJdV59Mn3X

— Freak (@strangerrr_18) January 6, 2019

Needless to say, the ‘disrespect’ towards the biggest entity in Indian cricket did not go down to well with social media users.

On #KoffeeWithKaran KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya said Virat Kohli is better than Sachin Tendulkar. Completely agree with them. I also feel Hardik Pandya is a better all-rounder than Kapil Dev and KL Rahul is a better opener than Virender Sehwag.

— Amit Kumar (@ShakyaAmitKumar) January 8, 2019

Hardik pandya & KL Rahul: Virat Kohli is better batsman than Sachin
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Ravi shashtri: Its bigger than 1983's world cup

Meanwhile, pic.twitter.com/VH5NZ0SmSD

— Sujit 🍁 (@Singh_Saaaaaab) January 7, 2019

@coffeewithkaran Rahul &Pandya both praised Kohili above the legend Tendulkar. Do they understand Cricket? Both Kohili and Tendulkar are best in their own ways. Kohili is still to come up.

— @Prasad39Harish (@Harish26837565) January 8, 2019

KJ : Tendulkar or Virat Kohli, the better batsman?
KL Rahul : Virat
Pandya : Virat

The reason why Rahul is still in the team after so many bad performances😝#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/LVct6SNiRY

— बापजी (@BapJi_1) January 7, 2019

Pandya and Rahul before answering Virat vs Sachin question. https://t.co/8sJ3OALEf5

— Desi Gooner (@Sahil_Adhikaari) January 7, 2019

KL Rahul: Why you said it as virat?

Hardik Pandya: Broo! Atleast, We are sitting in this flight now?! #KoffeeWithKaran pic.twitter.com/MbEqEvngiM

— RJ Bijili (@rjbijili) January 6, 2019

Legends @msdhoni, @YUVSTRONG12 said, they started playing cricket because of Sachin sir,@imVkohli said that he can't be compared to @sachin_rt.But these two Instagram models "Hardik Pandya" and "KL Rahul" are comparing "God of Cricket" to "Prince of Cricket" :/ #KoffeeWithKaran

— Rohan Thakur (@baelessPurush) January 7, 2019

Karan johar: Who is better Sachin or Virat?
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KL Rahul & Pandya: Virat.
Meanwhile, pic.twitter.com/F229u6M5lR

— Sujit 🍁 (@Singh_Saaaaaab) January 6, 2019

[Koffee with Karan, Rapid fire]

Karan Johar: Who is the better batsman, Sachin or Virat Kohli?

Hardik Pandya: Virat Kohli

KL Rahul: Virat Kohli

Karan Johar: Nice overacting skills guys, very soon I will launch you too in my movie 'Cricketer of the year'.

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) January 6, 2019

Why are people making it a big deal over KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya's statement that Virat is a better bastman than Sachin ?
They literally have this written on the sets of Koffee With Karan - pic.twitter.com/zzkFOAnxbK

— Memesahaab (@memesahaab) January 7, 2019