Asia Cup 2022: Arshdeep Singh's parents say fans want the team to win, taking comments in a 'positive way'

Asia Cup 2022, parents of pacer Arshdeep Singh offered words of support and encouragement to their son and the entire Indian team and added that the family is taking all the comments on the internet in a "positive way". The 23-year-old Indian pacer is under pressure for dropping an important catch in the 18th over of Pakistan's innings against India in the Super Four phase clash while the former were chasing 182 runs. Singh had dropped Asif Ali, who took full advantage of the lifeline given to him as Pakistan hit pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 19 runs in the next over. Arshdeep Singh was given the final over to defend seven runs, but was unsuccessful.

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Arshdeep became the target of vicious online trolling after he dropped the crucial catch. The word "India" was replaced with "Khalistan" on Singh's Wikipedia page by an anonymous user even as another editor shortly undid these changes. Reportedly, some handles from Pakistan also became active. Arshdeep's father Darshan Singh said that the family was watching the match. "Everyone wants their team to win. When it does not happen, fans take out their anger on players through their words. We are taking this all in a positive manner. The match was pretty nice," said Darshan to ANI.

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