Dinesh Karthik's Twitter post summing up IND-ENG fifth Test situation goes viral

India cricketer Dinesh Karthiks post on social media with a picture of dozens of WWE fighters throwing punches at each other in the ring and captioning it Everyone figuring about 5th Test on Twitter Face with tongue symbol ENGvIND has received thousands of likes and retweets in less than two days with fans saying that it correctly sums up the scenario of the cancelled Old Trafford TestEveryone figuring about 5th Test on twitter ENGvIND pictwittercomcWJeKo80XRmdash DK DineshKarthik September 10 2021Following the Indian teams assistant physiotherapist Yogesh Parmar testing positive a few days after head coach Ravi Shastri bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar had tested positive speculation was rife whether India will play the fifth Test or notThere were reports that the Test would likely go ahead as per schedule with all the Indian players testing negative for fresh RTPCR Covid19 tests In a freeforall everyone started giving opinions The speculations didnt end despite the England and Wales Cricket Board ECB and the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI issuing statements that the Test had been cancelled and the discussion moved to whether the IPL was the reason for calling off the TestSeveral cricket commentators mostly British have since said that the cancellation had to do with the Indian Premier League IPL and the huge money involved in the tournament and that India could still have fielded 11 players like they did in Australia when they were hit by injury woes if some players were reluctant to play due to Covid19 fearsFormer England skipper Michael Vaughan was quick to take to social media tweeting IPL teams chartering planes hellip 6 days quarantining required in the UAE hellip 7 days till the tournament starts Dont tell me the Test was cancelled for any other reason but the IPLIPL teams chartering planes 6 days quarantining required in the UAE 7 days till the tournament starts Donrsquot tell me the Test was cancelled for any other reason but the IPL mdash Michael Vaughan MichaelVaughan September 11 2021Earlier in his column in the Telegraph Vaughan wrote Lets be honest this is all about money and the IPL The Test has been cancelled because players were petrified of catching covid and missing the IPLFormer England cricketer David Lloyd said that he had sensed that there will be a twist to the fifth Test between England and India taking place at the Old Trafford Cricket GroundReplying to Dinesh Karthiks hilarious tweet fans who were warming up to an engrossing contest but felt shortchanged when the match was called off vented their anger at the BCCI and ECBShameless and shameful from Indian cricket team No covid fears for a book launch Photoshoots Ipl is more important to them than this test match Absolutely shameful This is the reason cricket gets killed every other day sometimes rain sometimes Money bag and sometimes by players a fan replied to Karthiks tweetAnother wrote Such a poor management from BCCI they neither are clarifying and making any official Statements nor they are able to manage the bubble almost every bio bubble is getting breached strict action needs to be taken to ensure ipl and world cup goes wellAnother fan wrote Is book release more important that representing India Why Ravi Shastri compromise Team cause for his personal gain He has brought all these troubles now put all at danger He is answerable nowAlso Read Whole UK is open Ravi Shastrirsquos defence to book launch being blamed for incomplete England seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever