In the cricketing fraternity, it has often been seen that players have been taking digs at each other on social media and they have always been taken on a light note. However, sometimes things get ugly as similar things happened between England star Ben Stokes and West Indies’ Marlon Samuels.
While Stokes was sharing his experience on quarantine life and boring schedule, said that the monotonous life of quarantine was weird, and he wouldn’t wish it for his ‘worst enemy’. Not even for Samuels with whom he had a banter in the past. He was saying it in a light mood, but Samuels dragged it to the matter of racism and came up with many disparaging remarks. His comments have not gone well with anyone in the entire cricket fraternity.
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In a Test match special podcast, Stokes said, “You get off the plane, get your bag, walk out, and get told what hotel to go to. The government have chosen certain hotels to be quarantine hotels. I was saying it wasn’t the most enjoyable thing you ever have to do, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. ‘I text my brother saying the same thing, and my brother asked: “You wouldn’t even do that to Marlon Samuels?” I said, “no, it’s that bad” – that’s how tough it was.”
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Now in response to Stokes’ statement, Samuels got furious and called him ‘b***h’ followed by other derogatory statements. In the same light, Michael Vaughan called Samuels’ outburst as appalling and wrote on his Twitter- “This is appalling @marlonsamuels … we are trying to stamp out racism … !! A bit of banter by@benstokes38 should not lead to this…’’
This is appalling @marlonsamuels … we are trying to stamp out racism … !! A bit of banter by @benstokes38 should not lead to this … pic.twitter.com/QkdAAUKLWm
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 27, 2020
Samuels’ statements have caught too much attention in the cricketing fraternity for all the wrong reasons. Ben Stokes is currently in the UAE, plying his trade in the best form for Rajasthan Royals.
