India’s winning streak at the ongoing Asia Cup ended with a defeat against Pakistan this Sunday. The audience was treated to another match going right down the wire. However, ultimately Pakistan sealed the match in the chase with one ball to spare. Although both teams presented tough competition to each other, the Indian side gave it away while fielding.
Arshdeep Singh, the young talent participating in his first Asia Cup dropped an important catch in the 18th over. With 26 needed in 12 balls at the moment, the pressure was soaring high. And Singh, placed at the short mid-wicket let a supposed easy catch slip right through his hand. And now, as India faced a defeat at the hands of their arch-rivals, the bowler is facing the brunt of it all on social media.
While the batting department fared well, the bowling side came with many shortcomings in the chase. And the defeat is cumulative of all those shortcomings, not just a dropped catch. However, netizens chose to dump it all on Arshdeep, who by the way bowled extremely well in the last over. While the trolling turned extremely unfair on social media, Arshdeep Singh found support in his cricket mates and legends.
Prominent players defend Arshdeep Singh
Senior pro Virat Kohli backs youngster Arshdeep Singh, who had a volatile day at the field today#AsiaCup2022 #INDvsPAK #ViratKohli #ArshdeepSingh pic.twitter.com/FYPl5N4PMx
— OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) September 4, 2022
Virat Kohli, the anchor of India’s innings in the match who scored 60 runs defended the bowler in the post-match press conference. “Anyone can commit mistakes under pressure. It was a big game, and the situation was a bit tight,” Kohli said.
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Moreover, former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh also supported Singh while bashing the trollers in strong words. “Stop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh No one drop the catch purposely..we are proud of our boys .. Pakistan played better.. shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout arsh and team.. Arsh is GOLD,” he wrote in his Twitter.
Many prominent names of the cricketing fraternity have defended Arshdeep Singh amidst the roaring backlash. Here are some of the tweets.
If you’re blaming Arshdeep, you’re only exposing your knowledge of the game. What an effort from him to take the game to the penultimate ball after that. More power to you young man. @arshdeepsinghh #IndvPak
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) September 4, 2022
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When a player is down is when you have to reach out to him so he emerges stronger. Saying nasty things about Arshdeep does nobody any good. We have all made mistakes under pressure. This is the time to back him. He will win India a lot of matches
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 5, 2022
Arshdeep is a strong character. Stay that way boy. @arshdeepsinghh
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 4, 2022
