Indian fans roast Faf du Plessis after he accuses Team India of declaring in dark after making 500 every Test

South African captain Faf du Plessis was not a happy man when the team touched down back in the country after being beaten black and blue by Virat Kohli’s India in the three-match Test series. The Proteas started off well by drawing the three T20Is series under Quinton de Kock, but the team completely disheveled in the longest format competition.

South Africa started off well in the first Test as Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock made brilliant tons and they crossed the 400-run mark, setting a good tone for the match. But then Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal happened to them, as the Mumbaikar hit twin centuries on his debut as an opener and Agarwal turned his maiden ton into a double. Ravi Ashwin picked 8 wickets on his return to Tests and that was it for the Proteas, their back was broken.

Things continued the same way, as Faf du Plessis lost all the three tosses in the series, allowing India to bat first and out on huge scores. Virat Kohli made 254* and Mayank Agarwal made 108 in the Pune Test, while Rohit Sharma made 212 and Rahane made 115 in the third Test in Ranchi, as India managed scores of 502/7d, 323/4d, 601/5d, and 497/9d in the three Tests.

Faf du Plessis gets trolled by Indian fans 

“Every Test match, they bat first, they score 500, they declare when it’s dark, they get three wickets when it’s dark, and when Day 3 starts, you’re under pressure. It was like a copy and paste in every Test match. (If the toss is done away with in overseas Tests) then away teams will have a better chance. In South Africa, I don’t mind that. We bat on green tops anyway,” a frustrated Du Plessis said as quoted by Cricbuzz.

These words by a captain of an international cricket team didn’t sit well with the Indian fans given that the home side was clearly better on the given day, because South Africa barely managed to reach 200 on the same pitch on which India made those 500 plus totals. The fans felt that Du Plessis was downplaying the achievements of Kohli and his men in order to show himself and his team as a victim and took their ire out on Twitter.

Here are some tweets from Indian fans

And if you thought Faf du Plessis was done with giving horrible excuses, you're wrong. This guy won't stop. Lmao. Ridiculous #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/e0qkKGJMGc

— Saurabh (@Boomrah_) October 26, 2019

Want to take a dig at Faf du Plessis but the CSK fan in me holding me back

— K Vijayendra (@k_vijayendra8) October 26, 2019

What a twat😐 https://t.co/vX1ZLBCDOU

— Nohit (@rahcahsin) October 26, 2019

lmao, the cry baby's audacity. Copy and paste in every match – https://t.co/mYiqf9vmGA

— aditi (@KohliXCapSteve_) October 26, 2019

Jeez. WTF is he even staying?!?!?! https://t.co/sCov9CTAdZ pic.twitter.com/fl1sAxNi0g

— lashika. (@lashika_x) October 26, 2019

Look, if the captain of the side has this mentality, the team can never bounce back. NEVER.

You saw that in the World Cup. You saw the same in the Test series in India.

Faf needed to do what Kohli did to India in SA after 2 Tests, not what he did here. https://t.co/5XrCI8qqli

— TUSHAR 🇮🇳🏏 (@mainlycricket) October 26, 2019

Ugh. Come on Faf, you can do better! https://t.co/SfWstnMdEh

— Identity thief. (@mamameyeah) October 26, 2019

This is comedy. Wth😂😂 https://t.co/cDtMSX0Ey5

— Ibrahim (@iBM1105) October 26, 2019

Here I get another reason to dislike CSK. Their potential future captain is such a pathetic sportsperson 😱 https://t.co/3psgzjj6MH

— Akshay Sharma (@ViratsMSDBhakti) October 26, 2019

So sad that Faf's men were not given a chance to stop India from making 500 or not lose wickets at the end of the day. 🙃 https://t.co/STzUH1ZZFs

— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) October 26, 2019

There's a reason these guys are on a downhill. Starting accepting your defeats and try to improve yourself, instead of giving excuses. https://t.co/8vC3tNaOq9

— Divyanshu (@MSDivyanshu) October 26, 2019