It is absolutely a no-brainer that almost every Indian loves cricket in the country as they strive to watch the live-action and are always raring to witness the matches. The Indians Premier League (IPL) is one such tournament that has been playing an important role in every fan’s life. Thus, when the IPL 2021 was postponed as COVID-19 cases hit several camps, it did not go quite well with the fans as they were disappointed.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were tested positive for the virus first which had postponed their game against RCB. However, after a few more cases emerged, the tournament was put on hold. The KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy opened up about his experience when people weren’t too kind to him after the IPL was paused.
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On the occasion of Mental Health Day, KKR posted a video on Twitter featuring Chakravarthy, Abhishek Nayar and Dinesh Karthik also spoke about the social media trolls that can often go on to affect the players. KKR captioned it as, “In a world where you can be anything, be kind 💜This #WorldMentalHeathDay, let’s pledge to refrain from social media trolling as you never know the damage it may cause #IPL2021.”
In a world where you can be anything, be kind 💜
This #WorldMentalHeathDay, let's pledge to refrain from social media trolling as you never know the damage it may cause.#KKRFilms x Payments on @amazonIN #PayAmazonSe #KKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/EQO3ZvTOn5
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 10, 2021
In the video, Varun Chakravarthy said, “I remember when Dr. Srikanth just called and I still remember the words he told me, it’s unfortunately positive Varun. So that just shattered everything. I really didn’t know that it is going to blow up so much. I even got emails and messages on Instagram where people told me “Rather you should have been dead.”
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On the other hand, Dinesh Karthik said, “And that’s where I feel sometimes social media needs to be a kinder place. People don’t realize the gravity of what they say. Be it memes, be it videos, be it you know just the use of words. It is a spur of the moment thing for them at that point of time instinctively what they feel, they just put it out there, not realizing what the person reading it will go through.”
Abhishek Nayar said, “But I felt that is ridiculous. You know to go back and blame someone, a guy like Varun who is anyway so intense and takes things so seriously in life. I feel a little empathy was required. And I felt it was taken very wrongly.”
