Ever since the young fast bowler, Arshdeep Singh dropped an easy-looking catch off Asif Ali during India’s last Asia Cup encounter against Pakistan, the 23-year-old has been receiving a lot of trolling from the people across the country. But among all, the most bizarre incident was perhaps when one of the Indian supporters was heard calling the pacer a ‘traitor’ while boarding a team bus.
Having lost both their Super Four fixtures so far, India is witnessing a forgettable outing in the Asia Cup campaign. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team failed to defend 170+ totals on both occasions against Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively, courtesy of collective ordinary bowling displays.
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In both game , Arshdeep Singh was asked to bowl the last over when their opponents required a meager score of seven runs to register victories. He tried as much as he could but ended up on the losing side on both attempts.
But before that, during India’s Super Four fixture against Pakistan, Arshdeep Singh made a mistake of dropping catch, which later proved costly. During the 18th over of Pakistan’s innings, the left-arm pacer, who was well placed at short third, dropped a crucial Asif Ali catch, which could have been easily taken. After that, Bhuvneshwar Kumar went on to conceded as many as 19 runs off the 19th over as eventually, India lost the match.
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Since then, Arshdeep has received a lot of hatred across social media platforms. But above all, when he was boarding the team bus to get back to the hotel, Arshdeep Singh was called a ‘traitor’ in the face by a spectator. He stopped for a few seconds after hearing that and stared at that man with anger before entering the bus. A senior freelance journalist Vimal Kumar was seen scolding that man for his unnecessary remark and later on, security came to the rescue.
Here is the video of the incident:
Here is how the netizens reacted to the incident:
Premier bowler gave 19 runs in the last match & 14 runs in this. Making poor Arshdeep defend run a ball in the last over in consecutive matches. Bhagao bsdk
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) September 6, 2022
Arshdeep hasn't even got 10 runs to defend in final over. High BP alert.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) September 6, 2022
Bhuvi giving 7 runs to defend in 6 balls to Arshdeep pic.twitter.com/LgASKEfIne
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) September 6, 2022
Arshdeep Singh both times against Pakistan and now against Sri Lanka to defend 7 runs in 20th over and both times he took the match almost last ball. He Bowled incredibly well in death overs.
Well done, Champion Arshdeep Singh.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 6, 2022
I kinda see this similarity between Arshdeep and Natarajan. Both have really good yorkers but I feel like they lack a wicket taking delivery apart from that. Of course Arshdeep is quicker, which makes it better. I wish the guy works on it cause he's so good at death overs.
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) September 6, 2022
