Post winning the WC 2023, Australian captain, Pat Cummins liked a derogatory post on the Indian cricket team, including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and netizens got furious about the same.

The ICC World Cup 2023 left the nation heartbroken, as despite Team India’s tremendous ten successive wins, they couldn’t lift the World Champions trophy. For those who chipped in late, India played the ICC WC 2023 finals against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium and was defeated by the Aussies. There’s no denying the fact that the nation couldn’t yet get over the crack in their hearts from this unfortunate defeat of the men in blue. Soon after that, a photo of Mitchell Marsh putting up his legs on the trophy brought a flame of flak for the Aussies. However, amid all this, a new streak of controversy sparked out as Australian captain, Pat Cummins and other players allegedly liked a derogatory post on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

After India lost in the WC 2023, a derogatory post on the Indian players went massively viral

A few days ago, an Australian IG handle that mainly serves around satirical content posted a seemingly derogatory post on Indian players after they lost in the ICC World Cup 2023. In the post, an OT room was portrayed, wherein a mom gave birth to 11 children. However, what grabbed the eyes was the mom’s head was morphed with the face of Australian player, Travis Head, while the 11 babies had the morphed faces of the players of the Indian cricket team, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja. For the unversed, it was Travis Head who smashed a massive century that helped team Austalia to chase the target of 240 runs set by the Indian players and win the World Cup 2023. The headline of this post can be read as:

“South Australian Man Gives Birth To World Record 11 Sons.”

Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell liked a derogatory post on Indian players post winning WC 2023

However, as soon as this post was dropped, it was liked by the Australian captain, Pat Cummins and other players, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell. Pat Cummins even allegedly commented on the post with laughing-out-loud emoticons. However, as per several reports, Cummins later removed his like and even deleted his comment, but the screengrab of the same made rounds on the media. Such an incident was not liked by a certain section of netizens, who started bashing the Aussies for liking such a derogatory post.

Netizens’ reaction to Pat Cummins and others liking the derogatory post on the Indian players

The screengrab of Pat Cummins’s comment was shared on a Twitter handle, and netizens started bombarding the comment section. Reacting to the photo, one user wrote, “Ye pat Cummins toh jitna bhola dikhta tha utna hai nahi.” Another comment can be read as “Aussies are triggering Indian fans yesterday, Stoinis was laughing on Yashasvi. Mitchell marsh legs on trophy. Now Pat Cummins comment.” A third comment reads, “This isn’t a joke, this is humiliation. I strongly condemn this.” Check out netizens’ reactions below:

When Mitchel Marsh sparked controversy while he was seen resting his legs on the World Champions trophy

There’s no denying the fact that the Australian team played really well, and the Indian team did the same. And since it’s a game, one has to win, and the other has to lose. However, as the entire nation was heartbroken, a photo of Australian player, Mitchel Marsh featuring him keeping his legs on the World Champions trophy made rounds on social media, and it made a certain section of netizens utterly unimpressed.

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