I think some watch the show nearly 18 hours or 20 hours later because that is when they get to watch it in their location.
I only get to watch some YouTube clippings or on IG and read written updates.
The entire episode gets uploaded to IG too quite late. Only after 18 hours do I get to watch one whole episode on Hotstar too.
So may be, those who watched the show only now are creating new posts (bashing of Virat).
Bashing toh har kisiki honi chahiye jo galat hai.
My understanding/observation
Sai is not getting criticized or bashed as much as Virat for a simple reason that most of the people want Sairat and people are not able to tolerate Pakhi and Virat's friendship.
This was the main reason for yesterday's bashing. A guy who tells his bua and Aai not to interfere has never asked his friend to not interfere. And in yesterday's episode, he invites her in giving her a brief of his and Sai's conversation đ¤ˇââď¸
He knows how much Pakhi despises Sai, how she belittles her and taunts her, can there be any reason to tell her what they were discussing?
Sai kept ranting she will get them married and it was stupid but that doesn't bother the audience as much as it bothers when Virat doesn't draw a line with Paakhi.
He invites her to join a conversation when it is known that Sai will get taunted. They both becoming one team is something audience will always despise as long as Paakhi is evil.
No one will have issues with if Pakhi is ex of Virat "if" Pakhi is a good lady. It is Virat's responsibility to ensure his ex doesn't harm his wife, deal wife or real wife or anyone. It is as simple as that. Sai has become a target of Pakhi's evil motive only because she is Virat's wife.
When Virat does good things for Sai, audience become very happy, proud and forget Sai, they look at him as a prince charming. Things turn bad or against Virat because Sai is made a target and he is not doing what he should be or what he can.
Sai is targeted by everyone from Virat's family as well as his ex.
It is the fault in the script too. They have taken away the highlight from the ML by making FL a victim.
If Sai has misbehaved with Virat, many of us have hated her for it.
This is my understanding. Virat faces insults/misbehavior only from Sai whereas Sai is made to face from many of his family members and his ex. So Sai doesn't get bashed much.
Virat is not at fault but is failing to understand Pakhi's motive. Virat doesn't want Sai to believe Pulkit but he is blindly trusting Pakhi.
If the focus gets shifted from Sai and the atrocities she is made to face, then Sai's mistakes will get highlighted. Even now there are many of us who are upset with her and her actions just as much as we are with Virat.