Cricket
Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini, and Prithvi Shaw have been put in isolation after breaching bio-security protocols.
Updated : Jan 03, 2021, 01:06 PM IST | Edited by : Karen Noronha
While cricketers Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini, and Prithvi Shaw have been put in isolation as a precautionary measure after breaching Cricket Australia's bio-security protocols, a new issue has surfaced surrounding the Hitman.
While the cricketers were slammed for not following corona-related rules, an unverified photo of the bill paid by the cricket fan further fuelled the fire as one of the items ordered had a mention of beef dish.
Soon, Twitterati took it upon themselves to take several digs at the cricketers for their choice of food and the main accused was the Hitman.
Some keyboard warriors even called Rohit Sharma a 'hypocrite' for being vocal about animal rights and then conveniently 'consuming' beef at an Australian restaurant, however, there are some who have supported the batsman as there is no proof of the latter claim. They even started the trend #IStandWithRohit soon after the cricketer was accused.
He becomes Animal Activist on Holi and Diwali to lecture Hindus.
— Bharadwaj (@BharadwajSpeaks) January 2, 2021
On other days, he and his team eat beef.
According to him, celebrating Holi and Diwali is irresponsibility towards animals.
But eating beef and subsidizing cow slaughter is Animal Activism.
Hypocrite @ImRo45 https://t.co/w0gJQq96sJ pic.twitter.com/ljrMPEQKTI
When unnecessary questions are raised on him. I'm there to support him forever and ever.
— Jay (@Rohits_200) January 3, 2021
Love you @ImRo45 #IStandWithRohit pic.twitter.com/LTGz5yZtwO
Pic 1 - How normal people see the bill
— Saish (@CricketSaish45) January 2, 2021
Pic 2 - How Rohit Sharma haters see the bill pic.twitter.com/3WPBHlgujZ
*Next time in a restaurant*
— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) January 2, 2021
Waiter: Sir kya lenge?
Rohit Sharma: Pehle bill leke aa
Rohit Sharma to the teammate who ordered beef at the restaurant. pic.twitter.com/IFhuNsNLZL
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) January 2, 2021
People like @coolfunnytshirt accused Rohit Sharma of eating vada-pav and he gave them a beaf-eating reply.
— K. S. Dwivedi (@theFirstHandle) January 2, 2021
Fans to Rohit sharma right now:- pic.twitter.com/CRIeuFQ1ah
— Pulkit (@RT_de_de) January 2, 2021
Restaurant bill of Rohit Sharma, Gill, Pant, Saini in Australia.
— (@RshamPal) January 3, 2021
Waoooo PORK and BEEF.
Definitely cow is not mother outside India... pic.twitter.com/W3bLDSN9HI
The Indian fan named Navaldeep Singh who had paid the bill for the cricketers too had taken to Twitter and spoken about another controversy that embroiled his tweet as he had mentioned that Rishabh Pant had hugged him - which is breaching the protocols.
Navaldeep Singh, come up with a clarification and stated that Pant never hugged him. He said he wrote that in his earlier tweet only out of excitement and added that social distancing was maintained throughout.
"Clarification – Pant never hugged me it was all said in excitement we maintained social distance all thru:) Apologies for miscommunication @BCCI @CricketAus @dailytelegraph," his tweet read.
Clarification - Pant never hugged me it was all said in excitement we maintained social distance all thru:) Apologies for miscommunication @BCCI @CricketAus @dailytelegraph
— Navaldeep Singh (@NavalGeekSingh) January 2, 2021
After being made aware of the fan interaction, the BCCI started investigating the matter. The players might have breached the bio-bubble due to COVID-19 and it remains to be seen what happens next.
The five players will be kept separate from the broader Indian and Australian squads when travelling and at the training venue. They will, however, be permitted to train in accordance with protocols that have been put in place.