
The off-field buzz throughout IPL 2025 has taken a dramatic flip with social media accusations by singer Rahul Vaidya in direction of cricket famous person Virat Kohli and his followers grabbing the highlight.
While Kohli leads the Orange Cap race with 505 runs from 11 matches, it is not simply his batting that is trending — a social media controversy has followers and celebs clashing.
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How it began
The row started when Kohli’s Instagram account appeared to love a publish that includes influencer Avneet Kaur. The interplay rapidly went viral, prompting Kohli to subject a public clarification, blaming Instagram’s algorithm.
“While clearing my feed, it appears the algorithm may have mistakenly registered an interaction. There was absolutely no intent behind it. I request that no unnecessary assumptions be made.”
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Rahul Vaidya’s entry
Singer Rahul Vaidya jumped into the dialog with a mocking Instagram story, parodying Kohli’s clarification:
“Aaj ke baad aisa ho sakta hai ki algorithm bohot saare photos like karde jo maine nahi kare. So jo bhi ladki ho, please don’t do PR around it because it is not my mistake. It is Instagram’s mistake, okay?”
Vaidya later claimed that Kohli had blocked him on Instagram, sarcastically suggesting that it too may’ve been an algorithm glitch.
“I think that too is an Instagram glitch… Instagram ne bola hoga Virat Kohli ko, ‘Main tere behalf pe Rahul Vaidya ko block kardeti hoon.'”
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Fans strike again
Soon after Vaidya’s jibe, Kohli’s followers started trolling and abusing him on-line. The singer responded angrily, particularly after his household grew to become targets.
“Virat Kohli’s fans are even bigger jokers than Virat! You are abusing my wife, my sister… who have nothing to do with this. That’s why I say, you Virat fans are jokers — 2 kaudi ke jokers.”
Vaidya’s clarification
Vaidya clarified that he nonetheless respects Kohli the cricketer, however not essentially the man.
“I used to be his fan. I am still a fan of the cricketer, but I don’t endorse him as a human being… My post about Virat and Avneet was just a joke.”
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