File picture of Australia cricketer Mitchell Marsh resting his feet on the ICC World Cup trophy after the aspect beat India within the remaining on November 19, 2023
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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who confronted criticism from Indian followers for resting his feet on the World Cup trophy, on Friday insisted that the gesture was not disrespectful and he will not thoughts repeating the controversial act.
Soon after Australia defeated hosts India by six wickets within the remaining to assert their record-extending sixth ODI World Cup, skipper Pat Cummins shared a picture of Marsh together with his feet on the trophy on his Instagram account, creating an enormous furore on social media.
“There was obviously no disrespect meant in that photo at all,” Marsh mentioned on ‘Sen Radio’.
“I haven’t given it too much thought, I haven’t seen a lot on social media even though everyone tells me it’s gone off. There’s nothing in that,” he added
However, when requested if he would do it again, Marsh mentioned “Yeah probably, to be honest.”
The picture, which went viral on social media, did not sit effectively with Indian followers. Even pacer Mohammed Shami claimed that he felt “hurt” by Marsh’s motion.
“The trophy for which all the teams in the world fight, the trophy which you want to lift over your head, keeping a foot on that trophy did not make me happy,” Shami had mentioned.
Hope massive collection aren’t scheduled after World Cups
Four days after Australia beat India within the remaining, the 2 sides squared off in a five-match T20 collection.
Marsh hopes such massive collection will not be scheduled so quickly after ICC tournaments in future as triumphant gamers should have fun for some time with their households at residence.
“It was pretty outrageous for the guys that had to stay behind. It’s a fine line because we’ve got to respect the fact we’re playing for Australia and it’s a series against India which is always really big.”
“But there’s also the human side of it, the boys have just won a World Cup and probably deserve to celebrate for a while and get home to their families. It’s an interesting one.”
“You’d hope there’s not too many of those series put on after big tournaments again,” he added.
As many as seven members from Australia’s ODI World Cup-winning crew stayed again in India after the ultimate on November 19 for the T20I collection.
However, six of the seven gamers have flown again residence with Travis Head being the lone member of the World Cup-winning aspect to remain put for the remaining two video games.
