Twitter trends 'Indian Paunch League'; players fat-shamed for 'healthy waistlines'

It was quite evident that cricketers gained a lot of weight when they stepped forward for the first game of the Indian Premier League

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Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary and Piyush Chawla
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Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary and Piyush Chawla. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)

The cricket action saw the light of the day after five long months when Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 kicked off its journey on September 19. The season opener saw three-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) putting a dominating show against the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI). It was quite evident that cricketers gained a lot of weight when they stepped forward for the first game of the IPL. In the same light, fans fat-shamed the cricketers for not being in shape.

The two cricketers who looked with some extra kilos were Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma and Saurabh Tiwary and CSK player Piyush Chawla. Both of them looked out of the shape, and fans couldn’t keep calm while seeing the cricketers not keeping up with their fitness. Former Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha also came forward to express his opinions on the same matter.

“I have never played more than gully cricket, but I am pretty shocked to see some players in the #IPL2020 looking so unfit. I can’t think of another physical sport where players at the highest level could cope with these fitness levels,” he wrote in the tweet.

Players’ fitness under the scanner

Though a lot of big names commented on the fitness level of cricketers, fans came up with hilarious tweets to take a dig at the same topic. It was the fitness issues of some cricketers in the opening match that they were not up to the mark during their fielding show. The first match of the IPL 2020 saw Mumbai with the willow first, where a stunning bowling attack by Chennai ceased their innings on 162.

Though Chennai started on a weak note against the four-times champions and stumbled on 6/2. But when Faf Du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu came together, the opponents remained clueless to get back in the game. The duo stitched a partnership of 115 runs to rip apart the MI bowling attack. MI’s fielding was not up to the mark as well while even the CSK fielders looked rusty at times.

The CSK was able to start the game on a winning note by registering a five-wicket victory over arch-rivals. The Kings’ will face the Rajasthan Royals in their second match while MI will lock horns against the Kolkata Knight Riders in their next match.

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