A Pakistani fan gets under the skin of Mohammed Shami

To celebrate your victory with elegance and accept defeats with grace is what gentlemen are known for. When Pakistan beat India in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 they had all the reasons in the world to celebrate and they were exulting on the field rejoicing the biggest moment of their cricketing careers thus far.

And as it was time to shake hands with the opposition they were elegant, made sure there was just warmth and no arrogance. The Indians lost but the boys led by Virat Kohli weren’t sore, they were proud of their performance and thus accepted the defeat heads held high. They were all interacting with each other during the post-match presentation like friends sharing a light moment.

But the fans on both sides are over the top in their victory celebrations and furious in the case of a defeat. After the end of the presentation ceremony as the Indian team walked back to the dressing room, of course, there were no cheers. They wouldn’t have expected that after a rather disappointing performance in the final. But a certain Pakistan fan definitely wanted to get under the skin of the players.

The Indian fans including some of the celebrities- the likes of Virender Sehwag and others pretty confident of the team’s win were already tweeting about it being Father’s day and that Pakistan being the son will give their father a gift. But as it turned out the result was the other way round. Having faced all the trolls and read such comments before the match the Pakistani fan shouted ‘Baap kaun hai?’ meaning who’s the father now? Every time an Indian player passed by.

While most of them decided to give him a deaf ear and not react Indian pacer Mohammed Shami who had a little hand to play in Team India’s CT 2017 campaign couldn’t certainly take it. He heard him, stopped, turned back took a couple of steps towards him and asked him ‘what..’ Meanwhile MS Dhoni who was right behind him calmed things down and took Shami back into the dressing room along with him.

As fans one thing that we need to understand is cricketers give their best on the field and the memes and trolls that run through on social media have nothing to do with them. In the game of cricket one team wins and the other has to lose but that doesn’t mean their effort was any less. Next time you interact with an opposition player make sure you appreciate their effort and not make things worse for them as they are more affected by the defeat than anyone of us.

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