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Mumbai: Amidst all the debate around former India skipper Virat Kohli's 100th Test match that is set to begin on March 4 in Mohali, the fans continue to express their anguish over BCCI’s move to play the match behind closed doors. Several hashtags on the topic including #AllowCrowdinMohali were among the top-trending hashtags on Twitter on Monday.

Fans have been expressively upset over BCCI’s decision to not allow crowd at the milestone match for one of India’s greatest batters of all time.

Several fans blamed the BCCI for playing dirty politics with the former skipper after his fallout with board President Sourav Ganguly which saw him getting down from Test and T20I captaincy and being stripped off ODI captaincy of the international men’s team.

Several users on Twitter also pointed out how other boards, ICC, and broadcasters use Kohli’s aura and charisma to endorse the game while he continues being humiliated by his own home board.

Earlier, the Punjab Cricket Association clarified that it was as per the directive of BCCI that the match was being played without crowds at the ground.

Crowds have been allowed at Bengaluru which is set to host the second test match of the series. Crowds were also allowed at the recently concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka at Lucknow and Dharmashala.

Kohli’s 100th Test match was earlier scheduled to be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the home ground of Kohli’s IPL team RCB, but the schedule was later altered and the first test of the series was shifted to Mohali.

Senior Sport Journalist Vikrant Gupta also took to his Twitter handle and added some percentage of the crowd should be allowed at the ground for one of the biggest cricketing days of Virat Kohli. He added that it was a pity that no crowd was allowed.

"It’s a pity Virat Kohli’s 100th Test won’t have any crowd to cheer one of his biggest cricketing days. Maybe some percentage should have been let in during the Tests" he wrote in his tweet.

However, PCA is putting up billboards across the stadium to celebrate the momentous occasion in Kohli’s glittering cricket career.

“We will be putting up big billboards and our PCA Apex Council has also decided to felicitate Virat. We will either do it at the start of the game or at the end depending on BCCI directive.”

#AllowedCrowdinMohali was one of the top three trending topics on Twitter India on Monday afternoon while #AllowCrownFor100thTestOfKohli #ViratKohli were also among the top-trending hashtags.

Here are some of the tweets of the users with hashtags demanding crowd at Mohali stadium for Kohli’s 100th Test match.

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