Fans lash out at ‘donkey’ comment

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When the former England captain Nasser Hussain remarked that there are “donkeys in team India”, hero worshippers of Men in Blue were much annoyed. If superstar Amitabh Bachchan took on to twitter to condemn the remark, BCCI vice president and MP Rajiv Shukla termed the comment inappropriate and said that the Board would look into the issue. If cricket lovers are vouching for a formal action against the remark, there are others, who hold that Naseer’s jibe should be ignored.
Former India opener and DDCA vice president Chetan Chauhan says that he condemns, what he calls a “silly and stupid statement, in the strongest possible manner”.
“BCCI should send a strong letter to ECB and to the TV channel that broadcasted the match and warning should be allotted to people who use such language. Also, such people should be unwelcome in the game,” Chetan says.
But has the dismal performance of team India let loose many mouths? “I don’t think that it has got to do any thing with the team’s performance. Such kind of language against the Men in Blue is completely in tolerable. I request BCCI to take serious action against Nasser,” says Neha Panth, 21, a cricket lover.
An avid cricket fan Aseem Sachdeva says that he’s not shocked by the usage of words, but that it’s coming from the person of the statute of Nasser. “His opinions have been very credible, and now sadly this remark is very casual,” he says.
“I would add that team India should learn a lesson, and the way they are performing is not acceptable at all. These few men are representing a whole nation, and our pride rests on their show. Also, we worshipped them when they were ranked number one in the world, so, they now have to take criticism for putting up a poor show,” he says.
But according to former cricketer Aakash Chopra, Nasser’s comment wasn’t serious and the resultant of an English sense of humour. “I have spent enough summers in England to know that he was only being humorous and didn’t mean his comment in bad taste. But having said that, he should have been more careful while using such words for Indians,” he says.
“If you look at at the situation with a broader outlook you’ll realise that it’s just a comment made by a commentator,” he sums up.