Some Indian followers are actually not taking their World Cup loss properly.
Australia claimed its sixth World Cup title with a shocking victory within the wee hours of Monday morning, defeating India by six wickets with 42 balls remaining.
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It was arguably the best of the six, with the 92,453-strong crowd behind India and a sea of blue wherever you regarded round Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
But after a shocking 120-ball 137 from man of the match Travis Head, Australia broke the host nation’s coronary heart — and unleashed a torrent of vitriol in response.
The wives of Australian cricketers, international journalists and even New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham discovered themselves the goal of vile social media assaults.
Even Nova 96.9 breakfast host Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald is copping flak.
The former AFL footballer turned radio host and media persona revealed a easy congratulatory message for a fellow South Australian has led to some completely wild threats from upset Indian followers.
“Still celebrating one of the greatest sporting achievements this country has produced — the World Cup in India,” Fitzy mentioned on the Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie present.
“They had everything on their side. They hadn’t lost a match. The World Cup was in India, they were cheating and doctoring the pictures, and our boys came out and we didn’t just beat them, and it wasn’t a close game — we absolutely annihilated them.”
Fitzy’s remark about India “cheating” and “doctoring pitches” was rooted in a sequence of conspiracy theories that emerged in the course of the event.
One was a suggestion that Indian captain Rohit Sharma was purposely flipping the coin in a technique to make it roll out of eyeshot of the opposition captain. But truly Sharma misplaced six of the 11 coin tosses within the event, so it appears that evidently idea doesn’t have a lot juice.
There have been additionally solutions that India was getting totally different balls to the remainder of the competitors, and that the hosts have been by some means manipulating the DRS opinions — each of which have been rubbished.
However, the ultimate flare-up got here in the course of the semi-final in opposition to New Zealand when the initially deliberate contemporary pitched was not used, and a late change made to a pre-used pitch as an alternative.
The Indian Express additionally reported Indian officers requested BCCI curators to shave off many of the grass on the enjoying floor, which was meant to lead to a gradual pitch for the semi-final.
A gradual, turning pitch would have been anticipated to go well with India’s spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, and but off 10 overs every, they claimed 0/63 and 1/56 respectively, whereas Mohammed Shami took 7/57 and greater than 700 runs have been scored throughout the sport.
Ahead of the ultimate, Pat Cummins additionally reportedly questioned the pitch, which was “rock hard” within the center, however tough at every finish.
However, a courageous name to bowl first by Pat Cummins meant that India appeared to have the more durable of the circumstances because the dew made a distinction within the night, easing the issue of batting for Australia.
Fitzgerald mentioned he responded to Head’s first put up after the sport, which was a photograph of the workforce celebrating the win.
And that was how he landed within the crosshairs.
“I’ve met Trav few times,” Fitzy continued. “So his nickname is ‘Chaos’, right, the team call him ‘Chaos’ because when he goes to bat, it is chaos.
“So I wrote just a little comment underneath: ‘One for the ages Chaos, cannot imagine what it feels like to silence 130,000 fans, bloody deserve it Trav, worked your a** off, congrats brother.’
“I didn’t know that this was going to blow up so badly. The Indian fans have come for me and they are pretty upset.
“The first comment I got was, ‘Good so stop breeding like a rat and spreading everywhere you smelly man.’
“Next one was: ‘Go find your girlfriend a ball cuc*y boy.’
“Then it starts to get a bit full on. It says: ‘We are already top five in the world. Our military is in fourth spot, the BCCI can wipe off the whole Aussie Cricket Board in a moment and that’s how much money we have. Breaking 1.3 billion hearts in an election year won’t go unpunished. Just see what happened to Canada.’ I don’t even know what that means.
“It starts ramping up even more: ‘You sound so cringy it’s a sports match little Hitler. Great job Australia and Travis.’
“Someone said: ‘Silencing 130,000 People that sounds a bit Hitlerish.’
“Then it gets even more. ‘Silence India? We have got 150,000 nukes and will be the third largest economy on the planet in two years. We are everywhere, in your parliament to your uni. You really want to see who gets silenced? Like really, really silenced. Consequences will be extreme.
“And then they back that up by saying: ‘The curse of 1.5 billion people will reach you in no time. But what will it be — an earthquake, a tsunami, a war, a pandemic? One thing is certain by this time next year your country will be rubble.”
Fitzy’s co-hosts Wippa and Ritchie have been in disbelief.
“So are they now praying for a natural disaster against Australia?” Wippa requested.
“I’m just congratulating a guy who made a ton,” Fitzgerald laughed. “I just wanted to say good knock and then all of a sudden Australia’s gone.”
Fitzy’s not alone in copping it only for celebrating the Australian’s win.
Glenn Maxwell’s spouse Vini Raman, who’s of Indian descent, posted a message on social media exposing the shameful aftermath.
“Aaaaand cue all the hateful vile DMs. Stay classy …” she wrote on Instagram.
“Can’t believe this needs to be said BUT you can be Indian, also support the country of your birth where you have been raised, and more importantly the team your husband and father of your child plays in.
“Take a chill pill and direct that outrage towards more important world issues.”
Aussie matchwinner Travis Head’s spouse Jessica was additionally bombarded with nasty feedback that have been described as “disgusting” and “grubby” after his knock of 137.
ESPN Australia contributor Steve Smith posted messages from followers that learn, “I hope plane crashes, all of your team die along with their family members,” and “If I ever see you somewhere, you’re not walking out from there.”
Ian Higgins, who hosts the favored Grade Cricketer podcast, was additionally instructed to “kill himself”.
However, whereas there are some unhealthy eggs, there are lots extra followers embarrassed by the trolls amongst them and apologising for the over-reaction.
Remember everybody — it’s only a recreation. No want for nuclear struggle.
Source: www.news.com.au
