Arshdeepโs father Darshan Singh said that the family was watching the match. โEveryone wants their team to win. When it does not happen, fans take out their anger on players through their words.
Mohali: Following Indiaโs five-wicket loss to Pakistan at the ongoing Asia Cup 2022, parents of pacer Arshdeep Singh offered words of support and encouragement to their son and the entire India team and added that the family is taking all the comments on internet in a โpositive wayโ.
The 23-year-old Indian pacer is under pressure for dropping an important catch in the 18th over of Pakistanโs innings against India in the Super Four phase clash while the former were chasing 182 runs. Singh had dropped Asif Ali, who took full advantage of the lifeline given to him as Pakistan hit pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 19 runs in the next over. Arshdeep Singh was given the final over to defend seven runs, but was unsuccessful. Arshdeep became the target of vicious online trolling after he dropped the crucial catch. The word โIndiaโ was replaced with โKhalistanโ on Singhโs Wikipedia page by an anonymous user even as another editor shortly undid these changes. Reportedly, some handles from Pakistan also became active.
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Arshdeepโs father Darshan Singh said that the family was watching the match. โEveryone wants their team to win. When it does not happen, fans take out their anger on players through their words. We are taking this all in a positive manner. The match was pretty nice,โ said Darshan to ANI.
Darshan said that he has talked to Arshdeep and he is currently unaffected by the comments on the internet and is instead looking towards the next game against Sri Lanka, focusing on the positives and negatives of the previous game.
Pacerโs mother Daljeet Kaur also said that though the match against Pakistan was lost, it is normal for mistakes to happen.
โPeopleโs work is to talk. If they criticise a player, they do so because they love him and want him to do good. We are taking it (comments on the internet) positively. We were praying that Arshdeep would stop those two runs. Dropped catches are a part of the game. But he made up for it in the next over,โ he added.
Arshdeepโs parents hope that India and Pakistan meet for the third time during the final and India walks out with the trophy for the eighth time. They urged the fans to stay patient and support Team India.
Notably, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has taken note of the edited Wikipedia page linking cricketer Arshdeep Singh to Khalistan and MeitY is expected to initiate action on Wikipedia, said sources.
The Ministry of Electronics and Technology on Monday said that โno intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformationโ after cricketer Arshdeep Singhโs Wikipedia page was edited by an unregistered user, linking him to the separatist Khalistani movement.
โNo intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation and deliberate efforts to incitement and user harm โ violates our govtโs expectation of Safe & Trusted Internet,โ tweeted Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS Electronics and Technology.
Pictures were shared on social media, stating that โhe was named in Khalistan squad for the 2018 under-19 World Cup.โ The edit history of Arshdeepโs Wikipedia page revealed that the user who made those changes was unregistered and was using the internet protocol (IP) address 39.41.171.125.
The user also edited his name to โMajor Arshdeep Singh Langraโ and a minute later, to โMajor Arshdeep Singh Bajwaโ. Many random changes were done to Singhโs game statistics.
The address allocation records showed that the particular address was allocated to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL).
Indian cricket fraternity has also come out in support of the young pacer who had dropped a crucial catch in the 18th over of the match.
Indian batter Virat Kohli had some strong words in his support and said โEven when I played my first game against Pakistan in Champions Trophy, I played a bad shot and got out. Anyone can make mistakes under pressure. It is natural to feel bad. The team environment is great right now, credit for this goes to management and the captain.
So one must accept his mistake, address it and look forward to being in that pressure situation once again,โ said Kohli in a post-match press conference on Sunday.
He was backed by the former India spinner Harbhajan Singh, who stated that no one drops catches purposely and the young seamer should not be criticized.
โStop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh. No one drops a 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 the team.. Arsh is GOLD,โ Harbhajan tweeted.
Coming to the match, put to bat first by Pakistan, India put on 181/7 in their 20 overs. Chasing 182, Pakistan crossed the finishing line with one ball to spare and by a margin of five wickets.
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