‘Ye to kisi ke rone ki aawaz hai’- #Cheating trends as Twitter turns into war-zone for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket fans
India came up with a thrilling win against Bangladesh in their fourth Super 12 match at the 20-20 World Cup. The game was a closely contested affair that had everything; from great batting to high-quality bowling as well as superb fielding performances from both sides.
The Men in Blue held their nerves and got over the line on the back of a resurgent fielding performance and smart bowling. What has followed however are accusations from Bangladesh and Pakistan fans about the legitimacy of the victory.
The first accusation from opposing fans is about the resumption of the game after rain. Fans in innumerable quantities continue to call the resumption biased in Team India’s favour. Many say that the umpires made the decision in haste and did so that Bangladesh wasn’t given an easy target to chase in a smaller number of overs.
Another accusation is for Virat Kohli who was seen appearing to throw a ball despite not having one when Bangladesh batters were running for the ball. The video of the incident has been doing the rounds of Twitter with fans claiming that the umpire let it go because they didn’t want India to be penalised.
Most of Bangladesh’s fans’ disappointment has emerged from the fact that they were on the way to an emphatic win before the rain hit. As the match resumed after the match, the game changed into India’s favour and Bangladesh were forced to be the losers of a closely contested affair yet again.
After the match, even Bangladesh’s captain Shakib Al Hasan seconded this widely-held opinion in his post-match conference. The all-rounder said, “It’s been the story when we play against India, we are almost there but we don’t finish the line.”
Following the match, opposing fans of Team India pooled and made “#cheating” trend on Twitter. The Indian fans who enjoy a significant majority online clapped back with their own
Here’s how Pakistan and Bangladesh fans accused India and the Indian Cricket Board:
India in this #T20WorldCup:
Performance: 20%
Cheating and paying umpires: 80%#INDvsBAN #Cheating pic.twitter.com/rmStS81rNx— Rony Ahmed (@RonyAhmed070_) November 3, 2022
Forced umpires to give it a no-ball against Pakistan 🇵🇰 which wasn't to be.
Forced umpires to start the match when the ground was slippery, resulted in their favor against Bangladesh. 🇧🇩#Cheating #INDvsBAN #IndianCricketCouncil #Cheaters #PAKvSA #BreakingNews #hafeez pic.twitter.com/NoRMjH3AlH
— Zakir Hussain (@iamzakirHasain) November 3, 2022
This kind of behavior from an experienced & senior players is like direct attempt to damage this beautiful game so far.
It seems Indian cricket council @ICC..! #Cricket #INDvsBAN #Cheating https://t.co/l9f4j75SE1
— Usama Zafar (@UsamaZafarPK) November 3, 2022
Indian Cricket Council #Cheating #NoBall pic.twitter.com/lRYWHy454u
— Anmol Farya (@AnmolXK) November 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/EnamulImam/status/1588049610131787779
Bangladesh lost to India by five runs…
The penalty for 'fake fielding' is five runs 😬#Cheating #fake_fielding
INDIAN CRICKET COUNCIL.. pic.twitter.com/g1Onazw4ie pic.twitter.com/FBxox4vqIt— Mustanser Khan (@MustanserKhan13) November 3, 2022
2nd man of the match performance by this guy this tournament👏#Cheating #Lanat pic.twitter.com/MyeoEamUWU
— Nasir Abbasi (@NasirAbbasiS) November 3, 2022
King for a Reason #cheating #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/AR86D6lPsM
— Call Meh Shami (LQ) 🇵🇰💯 (@ehtisham_2k2) November 2, 2022
India cricket fans however were ready to answer every accusation with logic and meme. They clapped back with some quality humour using the same “#chating” hashtag on Twitter. Let’s look at some of them.
#ViratKohli𓃵 #Cheating #NoBall#INDvsBAN
Every time India wins, I get to Twitter to check out Rabdi Rona of Pakistanis.#Umpire Kohli.. #ICC=Indian Cricket Council..#BCCI Cheating..#paying umpires 🤣 now cry more. @SportyVishal @alter_jamie pic.twitter.com/ePP9slfkGF— pashupati (@ashuelexstar) November 3, 2022
#Cheating
Every Pakistani after the India world up match 😂 #cheating pic.twitter.com/EZbmivwr6o— Modi ka pariwar (@TheDrRoast) November 3, 2022
#Cheating
INSHALLAH THIS IS NOT CHEATING. THANKS WE HAVE A GOOD UMPIRE LIKE KOHLI..😁 pic.twitter.com/4rA84wKTaJ— CM (COMMON MAN) (@SavyaSa77389306) November 3, 2022
#ShakibAlHasan #cheating #NoBall
Bangladesh captain accept's the truth
✨ pic.twitter.com/xgNXEAJidj— Filim Buddha (@filimbuddha) November 3, 2022
Can someone please explain how it's a wide???
Batsman shifted that much before ball being bowled #Cheating pic.twitter.com/sFIujOUpmK— Chunkey ponkey (@Chunkyponkey) November 3, 2022
What a world cup we are witnessing.
Crying babies!!!#Pakistan #INDvsBAN #NoBall #ViratKohli𓃵 #cheating #CricketTwitter #ICCT20WorldCup2022 #ICCT20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/fxUXswYqoF— Kavita (@Shae18357632) November 3, 2022
For those who trend #cheating 🐍😂🤣🤣#INDvBAN #ViratKohli𓃵 #T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/LMKLxl3sei
— Priyesh Kumar𓃵 (@Priyesh84449363) November 2, 2022