Indian team bashed for taking a knee and not talking about problems in own country » FirstSportz

Virat Kohli and co. took a fantastic initiative of extending their assist in the direction of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ motion on Sunday. The incident occurred proper earlier than their conflict towards Pakistan through the ongoing 2021 ICC T20 World Cup within the UAE. 

The Indian opening pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul alongside the opposite gamers exterior the boundary ropes had been seen taking the knee. However, the Pakistani group gamers, led by Babar Azam, too paid a tribute by holding their proper hand to their coronary heart. 

Notably, this isn’t the primary time when sportspersons got here out in assist of this prevalent difficulty in society. Earlier, many cricketers have come ahead with the motion towards racism for the reason that demise of African-American George Floyd by the hands of police personnel in Minneapolis in Might final 12 months.

Nonetheless, issues took a 360-degree when group India members had been closely bashed by netizens throughout varied social media platforms. Individuals went on to name the ‘Males in Blue’ as “hypocrites” for not taking a stand on points in their very own nation and speaking about different nations’ issues.

Twitter reactions on Indian gamers taking the knee throughout Pak conflict

From Farmer Protest to Hindu-Muslim riots in Bangladesh, individuals criticised the Indian gamers’ silence. They even talked concerning the group’s zero response on Mohammed Shami dealing with huge abuse after a poor outing throughout yesterday’s recreation. Listed here are a few of the high tweets from this incident through the IND-PAK match on October 24: