Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Deepke is in the news these days for his movement, but now his old tweets are also making headlines. An old statement of his is becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which he had raised questions on the umpire's decision during Virat Kohli's century. This matter is of 19 October 2023, when the World Cup match was played between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh had set a target of 257 runs for India and Team India was moving towards victory. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli came closer to his 48th ODI century. The interesting thing was that the number of runs that India needed to win was almost the same number of runs that Virat needed to complete his century. In such a situation, everyone's eyes were fixed on Kohli's batting.
In the 42nd over of the match, Bangladesh bowler Nasum Ahmed's ball went towards the leg side. Umpire Richard Kettlero did not give the signal of wide on this ball, after which the controversy started. Abhijeet Deepke believed that the ball was wide and the umpire should not have taken the decision keeping in mind the personal milestone of any player. His argument was that the rules should be the same for all teams and players. However, the umpire did not give the ball wide and after this Virat Kohli completed his 48th ODI century by hitting a six on the third ball of Nasum Ahmed. India won the match by 7 wickets, but along with Kohli's century, controversy also arose regarding the umpire's decision.
After this incident, Abhijeet Deepke had made two consecutive tweets. In his first tweet, he alleged that the umpire refused to give a wide so that Virat Kohli could complete his century. He also linked this matter to questions related to the power of BCCI and fairness in ICC matches. In another tweet, he said that Kohli's intention to complete his 48th ODI century and get closer to Sachin Tendulkar's record is understandable, but the umpire should give a fair decision as per the rules. Now these old tweets of Deepke are going viral again and his opponents are raising questions about them. This old controversy related to the match in which Virat Kohli had scored a historic century has once again come into discussion.