In the past 24 hours or so, social media has shown its ugly side with people directing vitriolic comments towards Arshdeep Singh for missing a catch that cost India their Super Four stage match of the Asia Cup 2022 against Pakistan on Sunday night. However, the vicious comments from the Indian fans weren’t reserved for the players.
Sanjana Ganesan, the wife of India’s premier pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, had shared a throwback image of the couple from one of their previous vacations. However, a user decided to somehow connect them with India’s close loss against Pakistan.
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Reportedly, the user dropped a comment criticizing the duo for holidaying when India suffered a loss on the cricket field. Sanjana gave a fitting reply, calling out the user for the unnecessary remark. “Throwback photo hai, dikhta nahi kya chomu aadmi (It’s a throwback photo, can’t you see, you fool,” Sanjana Ganesan retorted.
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The screenshots of the comment soon started making rounds on social media with users flocking to the throwback picture’s comment section to get a glimpse of the interaction. For the uninitiated, Bumrah isn’t part of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 as he was ruled out due to an injury for which he’s currently undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Earlier on Monday, the Indian government has slammed Wikipedia for false information on cricketer Arshdeep whose page on the website was edited to make links with the separatist Khalistani movement.
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Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to Twitter to slam such a move. He wrote: “No intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation (a)n(d) deliberate efforts to incitement (a)n(d) user harm – violates our govts expectations of safe and trusted internet”.
No intermerdiary operatng in India can permit this type of misinformation n deliberate efforts to incitement n #userharm – violates our govts expectation of Safe & Trusted Internet #wikipedia @GoI_MeitY #SafeTrustedInternet pic.twitter.com/Qm6HdppM1k
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) September 5, 2022
Several current and former cricketers have come out in defense of the young fast bowler with Harbhajan Singh slamming fans for putting down one of their own. India will next face Sri Lanka on Tuesday in their second match of the Super Four stage.
