Gone are the days when people used to blame cricketers for their form on the field, earlier people blamed Anushka Sharma for Kohli’s poor performance in a crucial tournament. Now, it is a Pakistani journalist who is facing the burnt as both AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli walked into the pavilion with ducks.

We all know how the duck of Virat Kohli feels like, and despite bagging an another fifty, his shocking Zero in five balls surprised the whole cricket fraternity.

Zainab Abbas, the sports anchor for Dunya News, apparently clicked a selfie with Kohli before the match and now Twitter users are calling her selfies ‘cursed’. Not just the Indian cricket team captain, but South Africa’s AB de Villiers too got out for a duck, yes both of them took selfies with Zainab just before the beginning of the game.

However, this journalist came to limelight after someone posted observed the happenings. Starting from helpless requests to threats, people on Twitter are leaving no stone unturned in sharing their views on her.

The tweet that started all of this:

there’s a new hero in town. pic.twitter.com/YfUBK66aWE

— k (@therealsnorky) June 8, 2017

And this is how the Twitter users has reacted to the observations of the netizen,

Starting a petition to ensure @ZAbbasOfficial stays away from all the other Indian batsmen during ICC events.

— Clive (@vanillawallah) June 8, 2017

@ZAbbasOfficial please please please whenever agla match ho Pakistan ka pls take selfi with opponent team members. Thanks

— M. Maqsood Khan (@Maxkhan007) June 8, 2017

@ZAbbasOfficial Iss ki sakht zaroorat hai… 😂😉😋😂 pic.twitter.com/nnsNIiFFdO

— T@imur Kh@n (@Taimurkhani) June 8, 2017

zainab Abbas is the hero we don’t deserve but the one we need right now.

— k (@therealsnorky) June 8, 2017

Sab ladki ka chakker Hai Babu bhaiya

— CRAZY KAJAL 😂😂 (@ding4dongcom) June 8, 2017

People you are taking selfies with are getting out for ducks. Stay away from our cricket team!! 🤣

— Who am I? (@tweeetbro) June 9, 2017

Two great batsmen – yesterday de Villiers, today Kohli- of the modern era have bagged ducks after a selfie with @ZAbbasOfficial. #BanHer

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 8, 2017

Despite all the popular opinions and comments, Zainab didn’t get offended, she instead roped in the fun out of it with a witty tweet as a response. She, in her tweet, mentioned that her next target could be Sri Lanka, before the India vs Sri Lanka match started.

Read Her Response Here:

Next target – SL😀? https://t.co/kzsJwwwyGU

— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) June 8, 2017