The former captain of England, Nasir Hussain's recent comments about the Indian team have stirred up the Indian media and are inviting criticism.
Bollywood has joined forces with the rest
of the local media and Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned actor and a cricket
lover, is not lagging behind in expressing his views about the audacious
comments from Hussain.
Condemning Hussain’s remarks about the
Indian team's fielding Bachchan said, “Did not like Nasser Hussain
ex-cricket captain of UK, refer to Indian fielders as 'donkeys', as he
commentated on tour of our team.”
The former English captain, who has now
taken the role of a commentator, during a Twenty20 match played between
India and England on Wednesday, August 31, said that the Indian team has
donkeys on the field, after a youngster, Parthiv
Patel, dropped a catch of Kevin Pietersen.
“I would say the difference between the
two sides is the fielding. England are an all-round good fielding side. I
do believe that India have few...3 or 4 very good fielders and one or
two donkeys in the field still,” said Hussain.
Pakistan’s cricketing great, Zaheer Abbas,
has pleaded to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to take
strict actions against these comments and send a letter to cricket’s
governing body the International Cricket Council
(ICC), so such incidents can be avoided in the future.
Abbas said that cricket is a gentleman’s
game and no one has the right to say such presumptuous things about any
team. Former Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Saba Karim, accords with Abbas and rubbed off Hussain’s remarks about Indian
fielders.
On the other hand, Michael Vaughan,
former English cricketer, has laid support to the claims made by
Hussain. The former captain sarcastically said, “Just seen that Nasser
said the Indians have a couple of Donkeys in the field...
How wrong can he be!!!! I have seen at least 4....”
India’s
tour of England has been nothing short of a disaster for the Men in
Blue, as they were whitewashed in the Test series and their poor
fielding also cost them the Twenty20 match.
Team India still has a chance to redeem
themselves in the ODI’s and with the first game washed away due to rain
all attention is diverted towards the second game which will be played
at The Rose Bowl on Tuesday, September 6.
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