‘Ande Pedh Pe Ugte Hain,’ Virat Kohli’s ‘Vegetarian Egg Diet’ Has Trolls Trending ‘Eggplant’

With cricket in India coming to a brief standstill because of the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country and the Indian Premier League being postponed until September, 2021, fans of the game have ample time to critically analyse anything and everything our cricketers have to say or do.

So when skipper Virat Kohli had a rare ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Instagram a couple of days ago and revealed that he eats “some eggs” throughout the day, people with strong memory recollected how he had boasted about turning vegetarian a few years ago.

© Instagram/Virat Kohli

Since then, a vegetarian-egg diet has become a comparing agent to some of the most hilarious analogies social media trolls have been putting up.

I’m vegetarian but I eat egg is like I’m straight but sometimes I kiss my male friends

— 🧘🏻‍♂️ (@night_wiing) June 1, 2021

Same energy? pic.twitter.com/EoKl1QjQZw

— Sid (@siddharthshail2) June 1, 2021

I am straight like jalebi.

— ಸ್ವಯಂಮೇವ ಮೃಗೆಂದ್ರತಾ (@iLy0aXe1Ik0Bb6Y) June 1, 2021

Now, they have found another way to justify Kohli’s vegetarian egg diet: Eggplants! Trolls have been talking about white eggplants while having some with the captain, especially after he tweeted about the discussion once again.

I never claimed to be vegan. Always maintained I’m vegetarian. Take a deep breath and eat your Veggies (if you want )️

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) June 1, 2021

“I never claimed to be vegan. Always maintained that I’m vegetarian. Take a deep breath and eat your Veggies (if you want),” he tweeted and here’s how the fans reacted:

Here’s the proof, for haters. More power to you King kohli pic.twitter.com/M9IXdqvyFV

— Doctor Wait (@drpratiksha1) June 1, 2021

Ab bolo? pic.twitter.com/SnXas4Fpnx

— Kamina (@bittu7664) June 1, 2021

ab bolo ande ped par ugte hain na bhiya ️ pic.twitter.com/u8JEMqG78d

— Atique Raza☭🇵🇸 (@Atiqueraza20) June 1, 2021

Kohli had explained to Kevin Pietersen why he stopped eating meat and turned vegetarian in a conversation he had with the former England cricketer in 2020.

“Left eating meat just before the England Test series. In 2018, when we went to South Africa, I got a cervical spine issue while playing a test match. It compressed a nerve that was running straight till my little finger of my right hand. It gave me a tingling sensation and I could barely feel my little finger. I could not sleep at night and it was hurting like mad,” Kohli said in the video.

“Then I got my tests done and my stomach was too acidic and my body was too acidic, creating too much uric acid. Even though I was taking calcium, magnesium, everything but one tablet was not sufficient for my body to function properly. So, my stomach started pulling calcium from my bones and my bones got weaker. That is why I stopped eating meat completely in the middle of England tour to cut down the uric acid and I have never felt better in my life, to be honest,” he added.

He had also advocated Netflix’ The Game Changers documentary which highlighted the benefits of turning vegan and the drawbacks of consuming meat.

Saw game changers on Netflix. Being a vegetarian athlete has made me realise what I have believed all these years regarding diet was a myth. What an amazing documentary and yes I’ve never felt better in my life after I turned vegetarian.

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 23, 2019

“Saw Game Changers on Netflix. Being a vegetarian athlete has made me realise what I have believed all these years regarding diet was a myth. What an amazing documentary and yes I’ve never felt better in my life after I turned vegetarian,” Kohli had tweeted in 2019.