Former chairman of Indian Premier League (IPL) Rajeev Shukla tweet celebrating India's historic win at the Gabba against Australia Down Under sparked a troll fest.
The Congress leader tweeted linking the victory of the Indian team with the religion of Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj.
Shukla wrote "Rishabh Pant-Hindu, Siraj-Muslim, Shubman Gill-Sikh, Washington Sundar-Christian. Together, all of them won India ..! Some of these messages have been sent to me by a friend of mine. What is your opinion.''
What was more shocking was that Washington Sundar isn't even a Christian and netizens were quick to point that out. Users even said that for them all the players were Indian.
Kuki Indian team religion main nahe batate apne aap ko....!
— Vaibhav Bhardwaj (@Vbhardwaj08) January 25, 2021
Indians won for India
— SAJID (@casajid2u) January 25, 2021
— gautam kumar (@gautamkumar43) January 25, 2021
Bakwas hn, everyone is Indian.
— Saurabh dubey (@saurabhdubey69) January 25, 2021
Washington sundar Christian?
— Manoj bisht (@msb8632) January 25, 2021
Earlier, Shukla had tweeted a photo and on it was written that one Hindu and the other Muslim and both are happy that India won.
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) January 25, 2021
As for India, they retained the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 series win over Australia and will now look to continue the same form against England at home.