It seems that former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh is fast becoming controversy’s favorite child. A few days ago, he was immensely criticized by a lot of people on social media for donating money to Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi’s NGO and he was labeled as an anti-nationalist by many netizens.

And now Yuvraj has been facing heat landed himself in another controversy for mocking cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal for making TikTok videos with his family and for unintentionally making a casteist remark on the leg-spinner. Singh made the controversial comment while on Instagram live with Rohit Sharma.

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The clip, which has now gone viral is actually a snippet from Yuvraj and Rohit’s Instagram live session in April. In the video, Yuvraj can be heard calling Chahal a ‘b***gi’ for making such videos. Rohit also made fun of Chahal for making his father dance. The southpaw had said, “Yeh b***gi log ko kaam nahi hai yeh Yuzi aur isko (Kuldeep).”

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To which, Rohit adds, “Yuzi ko dekha kya video daala hai apni family ke saath. Maine usko wahi bola ki apne baap ko nacha raha hai, pagal toh nahi hai tu.” The duo then starts laughing. While Yuvraj did not seems to be making the remark intentionally, the netizens are extremely enraged with Yuvraj and want him to apologize to Yuzvendra.

Here are some of the tweets:

We Respect you @YUVSTRONG12 and everyday as a good human as a great cricketer but what you have said is really not acceptable.
It's time for you to walk outside and apologize for this mistake.#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो

— Prerit Singh (@PreritSingh13) June 2, 2020

Hey @YUVSTRONG12 , is this your upbringing to use castiest abusive word Bh***i ? And laugh at it? What if your kids also learn this?

Hey @ImRo45 , you laughed at it when Yuvi says it? Shame on you both.

Apologize now Both#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो#Apologise_Rohit

— Ravi Ratan (@scribe_it) June 1, 2020

I am biggest fan of you @YUVSTRONG12 sir but you have hurts the sentiments of a particular community (SC/ST) . You are also a human being u can also make mistakes but there is nothing wrong in saying sorry.#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो

— Dr.Jyoti Meena🇮🇳✍️ (@JyotiM_Dr) June 1, 2020

I respect Yuvraj very much in terms
of cricket,

But today i am shocked
How did such a big man think like this.#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो

— Ayushi Ambedkar (@ayushi_ambedkar) June 1, 2020

#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो Is trending

Meanwhile yuvraj to janta : pic.twitter.com/WUCg7F8nrQ

— humour_edits (@RaghvendraSSha1) June 2, 2020

#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो
This is against our constitution of India # article15 का उलंघन हैं#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो pic.twitter.com/1XfmrZEcsh

— Sandeep Singh Lodhi (संदीप सिंह लोधी) (@Sandeeplodhi01) June 2, 2020

Strict measures should be taken against all who use casteist slurs including the recent case of Yuvraj. Demeaning the Valmiki Samaj through derogatory use of "bhangi" is yet another instance showing how blind do people remain with their caste privilege. #युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो

— Damni Kain (@DamniKain) June 2, 2020

me to people who asking @YUVSTRONG12 for sorry : #युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो pic.twitter.com/91SXTk6TKs

— pawan (@drdose_) June 2, 2020

The statement of @YUVSTRONG12
was a result of years of suppression we causally hears – ओ भंगी, ऐ चमार… But actually who made it a shame…What about the Mugals who gifted us these words all these insulted words was the result of not accepting ISLAM…#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो pic.twitter.com/j78eR3cR4S

— Trijyansh Sonkar (@trijyansh) June 2, 2020

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Almost the entire is in a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.