Neesham has made 7 runs and picked 1 wickets in 3 matches in IPL 2020 so far for KXIP.
Chopra had criticized Neesham during his YouTube video saying, “They play Neesham, an overseas fast bowler, who neither bowls in the powerplays nor in the death overs. He is neither a great finisher nor a big batsman who bats in the top four or five. So why is Kings XI Punjab playing him? You are playing a player who is not really a match-winner.”
A fan quoted this to Jimmy Neesham on Twitter and the all-rounder tried to brush it off and tweeted Chopra’s stats in T20 and posted, “Averaging 18.5 striking at 90 doesn’t win many matches either.”
To which, Chopra gracefully replied, “Correct my friend. That’s why nobody picks me anymore. I get paid for doing something else. I’m glad that you don’t have an issue with my observations but with my cricket stats. Go well for the rest of the #IPL.”
However, the fans were not happy at the way Neesham had taken a dig at Chopra and blasted him for it.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) faced Chennai Super Kings on October 4, 2020, in Dubai, and at the toss, KXIP captain KL Rahul revealed that they had dropped Karun Nair, K Gowtham, and Jimmy Neesham for that match to bring in Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, and Chris Jordan.
The news of Neesham being dropped right after Chopra had suggested KXIP do so, led to Twitterverse calling it karma for Neesham, who had taken that sly dig at the former India cricketer. The fans trolled Neesham and pointed it out to Chopra that his prediction came true.
Here are some of the tweets: