'Helmet not enough': Uttarakhand police troll Virat Kohli, delete tweet after backlash

Official police handles on Twitter like to have fun sometimes, often sandwiching a social message in between a joke or a meme. On Friday, however, it backfired.

Following India's defeat against England in the T20 series opener, in which skipper Virat Kohli got out for a zero, Uttarakhand Police thought they could ride on the captain's duck to send out a message.

In a now-deleted tweet, the state's police tried to convey some awareness on riding safely. "A helmet is not enough! It is necessary to drive in full consciousness. Otherwise, like Kohli, you too can be out on zero,” the tweet said in Hindi.

The tweet then went viral and garnered as many as 24,000 comments, most of them criticising the Twitter handle for trolling the skipper. Indian fans, already upset with the team's performance, backed Kohli and slammed the Uttarakhand police saying it was a "disgrace" for official handles to troll the "nation's pride"

India thumped England in the four-match Test series with a 3-1 victory but failed to keep up with the visitors in the first T20.