Virat Kohli supports Mohammed Shami: Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor & other celebs hail him

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli came out in support of team player Mohammed Shami, who was subjected to trolling over his performance in World T20 match against Pakistan last Sunday. As skipper hit out at trolls, even celebrities of film industry supported leader.

Sonam K Ahuja, Swara Bhasker, Nakuul Mehta, Huma Qureshi, Dia Mirza, Anand Ahuja, Harrsh Vardhan Kapoor were among those who praised Virat Kohli for his stand on his team's star bowler. Right from calling it 'word', and 'best kck yet', re were strong reactions from stars.

Bollywood stars praise Virat Kohli's stand on Mohammed Shami's trolling controversy

top names in cricketing world, like legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, former Team India great-turned-commentator Virender Sehwag had previously come out in Mohammed Shami's support following intense trolling he was subjected to.  

In a press conference on Sunday, Virat Kohli said that attacking someone over ir religion is  ''most patic thing a human being can do."  32-year-old said that everyone had right to voice ir opinion, but he was t one to discriminate against anyone because of ir religion. 

Kohli added that people took out ir frustrations because y have ' understanding' of Mohamed Shami winning 'n number of matches' for India. He said that if people can overlook that and Mohammed Shami's passion for country, he would t want to 'waste even one minute' of his life on m. star player also said that he stood by his speedster '200 %' and added that ir brorhood 'cant be shaken.'

Sonam K Ahuja posted statement on her Instagram stories. Ishaan Khatter called it 'word' and Huma Qureshi also posted fireworks emoji along with word. 

Anand Ahuja and Swara Bhasker posted clapping emojis, while Harrsh Vardhan Kapoor wrote, 'VK baby, let's go.'

TV star Nakuul Mehta called Virat Kohli's statement his 'best kck yet.' Dia Mirza hailed 'Captain.'

Meanwhile, India will be playing ir second match of tournament on Sunday against New Zealand. Men in Blue will have to win this match to boost ir chance of qualifying for semi-finals.