In light of the disturbing incident that happened recently with respect to Chennai Super Kings (CSK)’ cricketers and their families witnessing some of the darkest sections of the social media where human beings with zero self-conscience hurl abuses at legends. Recently, after CSK suffered the loss of a close to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an IPL 2020 game, skipper MS Dhoni was heavily criticized by fans. But that’s still acceptable considering criticism is a part of the sport.
However, to make it absolutely clear, it is unacceptable to cross that boundary and abuse cricketers and their families on social media just because there aren’t any restrictions.
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Former India cricketer Pragyan Ojha, a man with all the credibility to speak about this issue, has strongly condemned this shameful trend of abusing the players horrendously thriving on social media. During a chat with Sports Today, Ojha said, “It’s a very important subject that we all need to address. It’s not only about a sport or about an individual it’s about the nation. I have a young boy, you have a daughter, we have female colleagues working with us.”
Ojha explains how trolling, making humor out of someone’s poor form is still okay but it’s abusing any cricketer or anyone associated with them can’t be justified.
Pragyan Ojha explained, “If you say something with a touch of humor that is acceptable but you know when you’re crossing that line and you’re saying all this about anyone, anyone at all, it’s very disturbing and you don’t want this to happen. We are privileged that even during the pandemic we can use technology to communicate. Matter of fact, about anybody. It’s nonsense, you cannot speak like that. As a citizen of India, I condemn it very strongly and I will not take this nonsense.”
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He further added, “It’s very sad that a Pragyan Ojha is coming and speaking about MS Dhoni or a Sachin Tendulkar. These people are absolute legends. They have given us so much reason to be happy about. These are pillars of the sport and we are here to defend them in our own country, it makes me really sad.”
