"Stop Such Behaviour": Harbhajan Singh Slams Fans Targeting Australian Players, Their Families

21.11.2023 - 10:35 sports.ndtv.com

Following India's upsetting loss in the ODI World Cup 2023 final against Australia on Sunday, former 'Men in Blue' spinner Harbhajan Singh asked cricket fans not to troll Aussie cricketers and their family members.

Harbhajan took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account and wrote that trolling family members of the World Cup winner is completely in bad taste.

He also added that they lost to a better team in the final but the cricket fans should not troll others for it. He concluded by saying that sanity and dignity are more important. "Reports of trolling of family members of Australian cricket players is completely in bad taste.

We played well but lost the final to better cricket by the Aussies. That's it. Why troll the players and their families? Requesting all cricket fans to stop such behaviour.

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