Trolling in cricket has long been a part and parcel of the game.  Even before the establishment of social media, the cricketers were known to get heavily ridiculed not just by the crowds on the park or by some paranoid journalists but also immorally by some ex-players.

However, now with the brimming rise of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/after-ollie-robinson-another-england-player-investigated-for-historical-racism-on-social-media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a>, trolling has become an entertaining affair that is being widely performed and enjoyed by the masses. Often in trolling, majorly its the form, or the performances, or the statement of players which causes derision, but on the flip slide, such mortifications have also sometimes meant a mental trauma for players to deal with.

Overall, trolling in the modern-day game is a massively obnoxious mental test for players to endure, and hence in this list and here we look at-

Most trolled cricketers of the current times

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-496480" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rohit-Sharma-4.jpg" alt="Rohit Sharma" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-496480" class="wp-caption-text">Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Over the years, since the beginning of his international career, Rohit Sharma has mainly been one of the biggest featured players in the world of trolling. Despite being a very successful and an accomplished batter in today’s game, Rohit has constantly endured trolling in all facets of his cricketing career.

Very early on in his international career, he was labelled as a ‘Maggi Man’ of Indian cricket, who consistently used to fail for team India but used to amass a profusion of runs for his IPL teams. Later on, when <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/rohit-sharma-is-a-match-winner-but-yet-to-crack-the-code-in-test-cricket-ramiz-raja/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rohit Sharma </a>had just started to soar as a white-ball opener, his bleak performances especially in the prime or knockout games used to again catch a lot of criticism and trolling. However, with Rohit’s 2019 World Cup known to have got brimmed with 5 centuries, the abhorrent remarks regarding his batting have now finally been immobilized by Rohit.

Nonetheless, now it&#8217;s his fitness in the last few years that has become a buzzing point of trolling especially since 2018 when Rohit had just managed to pass out the ‘YO-YO fitness test’ scores. Sometimes, Rohit also gets trolled for his inconsistent IPL performances, but the true MI fans do know that the skipper does like to save his best for the pinnacle stages.

2. Kamran Akmal

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-98352" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Kamran-Akmal.jpg" alt="Kamran Akmal PSL 2018" width="600" height="419" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-98352" class="wp-caption-text">Kamran Akmal. (Photo by Graham Crouch/Getty Images)</figcaption>

It&#8217;s the villainous wicketkeeping skills of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/india-have-not-compromised-on-their-red-ball-cricket-take-for-example-suryakumar-kamran-akmal-lauds-indias-cricket-mindset/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamran Akmal</a>, rather than his batting, that has made him the consistent bunny of trollers. Initially, in his international career, Kamran Akmal was hailed to go the long distance but his aberrant wicketkeeping show has made him get shunned entirely from the selection radar.

By labelling him as someone with ‘Butterfingers’, the trollers have taken constant jibes wherein Kamran’s wicket-keeping serves to be the best example of someone being in a wrong profession. Also, often by highlighting his unpleasant flaws, the trollers have profusely imaged Kamran Akmal, as the best example of what not to do while wicketkeeping.

All in all, with  Akmal being a repugnant entity who used to drop simple sitters, the trollers effervescently castigate him, even if there’s someone else who has dropped a catch.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-469472" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Sam-Curran.jpg" alt="Sam Curran" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-469472" class="wp-caption-text">Sam Curran. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption>

The young man of England side, Sam Curran, set his foot in the international cricket world in 2018 and has been acing all the departments of the game well enough since then. He has even done well for his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings in two years.

In fact, when the last time <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/if-not-rcb-i-would-like-to-play-for-csk-in-the-ipl-yuzvendra-chahal-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSK </a>were going through a torrid run, Curran rose to the occasion and put the yellow team in a respectable position single-handedly on more than one occasion. However, his brilliance hasn&#8217;t been able to defend him against all the trollers and meme society. He is being constantly targetted for looking younger than his age, a school kid to be precise.

One would have seen several memes labelling him as a &#8216;school kid&#8217; and trollers asking him to return to school while all the cricket tournaments got cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

4. Tim Paine

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-480342" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Tim-Paine-4.jpg" alt="Tim Paine Australia" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-480342" class="wp-caption-text">Tim Paine. (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption>

With often being labelled as a temporary captain, Tim Paine has undoubtedly now become the most trolled Australian cricketer on social media. Despite being a man who had rescued Australian cricket from utter misery, there’s barely any jovial respect given to him by the trollers on social media.

The two subsequent Test series losses at home against<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/virat-kohlis-childhood-coach-rajkumar-sharma-points-out-one-concern-for-the-indian-captain-ahead-of-wtc-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> India </a>have often formed a crux when it comes to booing him along with some other awful on-field banters with Indian players. His challenging remarks to fetch a win at the Gabba, later on, had ultimately made Tim Paine receive a massive feud from Indian trollers, who appallingly had also demanded his captaincy sacking.

Overall, despite being a captain and a wicket-keeper batsman who has majorly enjoyed resounding success, unfortunately, Paine has received a hell of anguish from barbaric trollers.

5. Sarfaraz Ahmed

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Not long ago, when Sarfaraz Ahmed was Pakistan’s full-time captain, the trollers used to attack him on a variety of subjects. Whether it was the illicit fitness issues regarding his game or his improper command while communicating in English, the trollers would barely spare a sparsest of opportunity to derogate him on social media.

In terms of his biggest trolls, Sarfaraz was densely mocked for his yawning moment during the Indo-Pak encounter in World Cup 2019, especially when a barrage of memes and scorning posts had disdained him for being the skipper of the team. In fact, after facing a horrifying loss in that game, the repercussions had then revealed the shoddy food habits of Pakistani cricketers, but even in this instance, it was Sarfaraz who had to bear the maximum feud from fans and trollers.

Overall, there’s a no-brainer that while captaining <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/meet-virat-kohlis-new-fangirl-samiya-arzoo-pakistan-pacer-hasan-alis-wife/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pakistan</a>, Sarfaraz was a prime target for trollers, who nefariously used to derogate him even for some witless occurrences.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-355803" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_350464.jpg" alt="England v Pakistan - 3rd Royal London ODI" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-355803" class="wp-caption-text">BRISTOL, ENGLAND &#8211; MAY 14: Hasan Ali of Pakistan e 3rd Royal London One Day International between England and Pakistan at The County Ground on May 14, 2019. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Even Hasan Ali, who was once a prominent seamer in Pakistan’s exuberant bowling attack, has fiercely been trolled time and again. Back in the time of 2017-18, when <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/the-batsman-who-i-believe-can-give-me-tough-time-is-rohit-sharma-hasan-ali/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hasan Ali </a>had truly earned the adulation of being Pakistani’s prestigious pacer, the speedster because of his hyperbolic statements was highly ridiculed on social media.

Over the years, even his bomb explosion celebration has received some unpleasant trolls which further had got aggravated when Hasan had strained his shoulder while celebrating vigorously. Also, his remarks of grabbing a 10-wicket haul against India was highly pooh-poohed by Indian fans for which Hasan eventually had to issue a clarifying statement for his unappetizing remarks.

Overall, regardless of Hasan Ali sounding sensible, some of the devilish trollers or haters have atrociously trolled him even if it’s something relatable to his personal life.

7. Shimron Hetmyer

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-351424" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361232.jpg" alt="LEEDS, ENGLAND - JULY 4 : Shimron Hetmyer of the West Indies leaves the field after being dismissed during the ICC Cricket World Cup Group Match between Afghanistan and the West Indies at the Headingley on July 4, 2019 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images)" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351424" class="wp-caption-text">LEEDS, ENGLAND &#8211; JULY 4: Shimron Hetmyer of the West Indies. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto via Getty Images)</figcaption>

Not long ago in 2018, when Shimron Hetmyer had announced himself in international cricket, the fans on social media had highly praised the southpaw for his explosive batting. Even while later touring to India, the Indian fans had exceedingly admired his match-winning causes which also had fancied his chances of bagging his debut IPL contract in 2019.

However, with Hetmyer awfully failing in his first season despite being bought for a sizable amount of INR 4.2 Crores, the RCB fans specifically had trolled him for his malfunction. Even in terms of his fitness, Hetmyer was highly ridiculed especially when he was dropped for the home T20I series against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/sri-lanka-players-set-to-leave-for-england-after-signing-only-a-voluntary-declaration-form-as-their-tussle-with-slc-continues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sri Lanka. </a>

Overall, regardless of his current batting form, Shimron Hetmyer’s batting post-pandemic has surely come to a decline which perhaps has further allowed a green signal for trollers to repeatedly mock him both for his inconsistency and for his constant gloomy shows.

8. Vijay Shankar

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-406237" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Vijay-Shankar.jpg" alt="Vijay Shankar India" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406237" class="wp-caption-text">Vijay Shankar. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Ever since Vijay Shankar had got selected for the 2019 World Cup team, because of his overall three-dimensional skills, the 30-year old cricketer has constantly got trolled regarding this event. The first barrage of waggish memes actually had got initiated when Ambati Rayudu (who was dropped from the 2019 WC squad) had highlighted his 3-D glasses on social media to watch the World Cup proceedings.

Also, with Vijay Shankar’s career now barely being afloat in terms of his India comeback, the cricketer was highly ridiculed in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPL 2021 </a>especially when he had spoken his mind out regarding his batting position’s case. Even while being unable to finish games for SRH in 2021 IPL, the trollers had lambasted about his presence in the playing XI.

Eventually, ever since his 3-D skills have done rounds, the trollers have eminently lampooned Vijay Shankar’s over gameplay and even when the cricketer talks something sensible, the trollers deride him for no reason.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-400601" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Prithvi-Shaw-4.jpg" alt="Prithvi Shaw" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-400601" class="wp-caption-text">Prithvi Shaw. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Not long ago, when Prithvi Shaw had triumphed in the U-19 World Cup, the social media had fervently applauded him for his perilous overall show. This sweet relationship had further got transpired when Prithvi had scored a splendid hundred during his debut Test against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-west-indies-announces-a-13-member-squad-for-the-opening-test-against-south-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Indies</a>. However, after his debut ton, Shaw has not only faced a cluster of roadblocks in his international career but also a tremendous amount of hate regarding his overall conduct on social media.

Whether it was the technical glitches in his overall batting or the DC coach Ricky Ponting’s recent comments regarding how Prithvi copes up with his awful batting form, the trollers had dreadfully produced relentless memes posts and other materials on social media. Even when Prithvi Shaw had turned out positive for a  required drug test, the fans and haters had fiercely grilled him to which Prithvi eventually had to fly to the UK to immobilize the entire episode.

All in all, even if it’s his clumsy batting form in the IPL or a brouhaha regarding his fitness issues, irrefutably Prithvi Shaw is now the budding sensation for trollers on social media.

10. Mushfiqur Rahim

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-356289" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_349151.jpg" alt="Mushfiqur Rahim" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-356289" class="wp-caption-text">Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh. (Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)</figcaption>

There’s no second-guessing that the Indian trollers love mocking Mushfiqur Rahim for whatever he posts on social media. He is now emerged as the most ridiculed cricketer from <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-adds-six-players-to-preliminary-squad-for-west-indies-and-bangladesh-tours/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bangladesh</a> and has become a social media darling for effervescent trollers who constantly troll him for rigorous reasons.

However, this lovey-dovey affair had first shaped up in the 2016 World T20 match against India where he was barbarically satirized for his premature celebration. Following that instance, Rahim was then highly lampooned for his Twitter post which was all about celebrating India’s unfortunate defeat in the semi-finals of that event.

Even his infamous ‘Naagin Dance’ with his other teammates had made him receive a lot of hate from Asian trollers but in general, the trollers do adore him for his overall ambiguous conduct on social media.

Cricketers who have been trolled time and again by people on social media.

Top 10 current most trolled cricketers in the world

Even before the establishment of social media, cricketers were known to get heavily ridiculed not just by the crowds but some ex players too.