Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has condemned the trolling of the family members of the Australian cricket group which made headlines after the Pat Cummins-led facet defeated India in the ultimate of the World Cup 2023 to assert their sixth ODI World Cup title.
For the unversed, a number of trolls directed abominable and vile feedback in the direction of Glenn Maxwell‘s spouse, Vini Raman and Travis Head’s spouse, Jessica Davies amongst others by way of social media platforms like Instagram and ‘X’ previously Twitter, after India’s surprising defeat to Australia in the summit conflict on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Now, the previous India off-spinner has come in assist of the Aussie players and their family members who had been the victims of the web abuse. Harbhajan, 43, took to ‘X’ and “requested cricket fans” to abstain from such distasteful behaviour.
“Reports of trolling of family members of Australian cricket players is completely in bad taste. We played well but lost the final to better cricket by the Aussies. That’s it. Why troll the players and their families? Requesting all cricket fans to stop such behaviour. Sanity and dignity are more important,” posted Harbhajan.
Notably, the outcome of the ultimate left quite a few Indian cricket followers shell-shocked. The Men in Blue had been tipped because the favourites to clinch the silverware as they entered the ultimate, driving on an unbeaten 10-match-long streak.
In addition to that, the Rohit Sharma-led facet defeated the Aussies in their marketing campaign opener by six wickets whereas taking part in on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Hence, the hosts additionally had a psychological benefit main into the summit conflict.
However, to the shock of many, the Indian batting order didn’t ship in the ultimate fixture and was put beneath critical stress by the Australian tempo bowling cartel comprising skipper Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.
