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India-Pakistan match: Mohammad Shami abused as jingoistic fans accuse him of taking money

Monitor News Bureau by Monitor News Bureau
Oct. 25, 2021 Updated 11:17 am. IST
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Indian, in blue, and Pakistan's cricketers greet each other at the end of the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian, in blue, and Pakistan's cricketers greet each other at the end of the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Jingoistic social media users are blaming Mohammad Shami for India’s loss to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match on Sunday.

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Shami is being hounded on social media to the extent that some are accusing him of accepting money from the rival team to perform badly.

India managed to put 151 on the board after struggling at 36/3 with openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul not contributing with the bat at all.

It was Virat Kohli (57) and Rishabh Pant (39) who helped India post 151/7 in 20 overs.

Pakistani openers did not give their wickets and achieved the target easily with 13 balls to spare.

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Shami, who bowled the 18th over of the match, conceded 17 runs in five balls. This did not go down well with the jingoist fans, who took to Instagram to question the Indian player’s integrity due to his Muslim identity.

When hockey player Vandana Katariya faced casteist abuse, captain Rani Rampal stood up for her. When black English footballers were abused, skipper Harry Kane told the so-called fans 'We don't want you!'

Hope Virat Kohli has a spine & condemns this vile attack on Mohammed Shami pic.twitter.com/7jzTOx6QR6

— Abhimanyu Mathur (@MadCrazyHatter_) October 25, 2021
https://twitter.com/vaikivannavan/status/1452329026027151362
https://twitter.com/_scarletfever/status/1452485199372029955

Saddened by the brazen Islamophobia, many cricket fans have also urged skipper Virat Kohli and his team members to publicly express their solidarity in support of Shami.

One user wrote, “Bloody Pakistani in Team India.” Another wrote, “A Muslim sided with Pakistan. How much money did you receive?” “Sir how much money did you receive to help your community (Muslims) win?”

Ironically, the development took place on a day the Indian cricket team took the knee in solidarity with the global campaign, BlacksLiveMatter. Many now wonder if Kohli and his teammates would publicly condemn the hounding of Shami just the way the England football team reacted after three Black players faced racist attacks from bigot fans for missing penalties during this year’s Euro championship.


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