The terrorist attack on the army convoy in Pulwama, Kashmir shook the nation as it claimed 44 lives of the CRPF men. A civilian vehicle carried 100 kg explosives rammed into the army bus which was a part of the 70-vehicle convoy. The convoy was on its way to the transit camp in Jammu and Kashmir. Terror group Jaish- E-Mohammed took the responsibility of the attack. While cricketers like Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag condemned the attack, Virat Kohli posted commercial tweets. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina Condemn Pulwama Terror Attack (Read Tweets).

Since the netizens didn’t expect this from the India captain, they slammed Virat left, right and centre by the netizens. The keyboard warriors attack him so much that he was forced to delete the tweets. In his posts, he had asked the fans to vote for their favoruite fan club. Check out his tweet below.

Virat Kohli's tweets (Photo Credits: Twitter)

Here’s how the netizens reacted.

“Promotional tweet regarding sports honor awards voting. Wrong timing. Andharu dobbaru. Tweet delete cheaadu,” read another tweet.

Another tweet read, “Shame on virat Kohli not single tweet about 45 martyer indian army personnel.”

However, a while ago, Virat tweeted about the attack and condemned the same. “I'm shocked after hearing about the attack in Pulwama, heartfelt condolences to the martyred soldiers & prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured jawaans,” read his tweet. Many other cricketers like Mohammad Kaif, Rohit Sharma and many others condemned the attacks in social media.

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