Just to jog your memory a little, in 2002, Team India fought Natwest series against England and the visiting team won the Natwest series. That time India Captain Sourav Ganguly was excited and thrilled that he actually took off his shirt to celebrate.
In the same way, Indian women’s cricket team also went to England for the ICC Women’s World Cup and made it to the finals to play against the hosts. As Mithali Raj & co are playing against England in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup, zillions of wishes poured in support. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to MS Dhoni and others wished the squad best wishes and some even got a little carried away in excitement.
One among them who carried away was Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor. While some of his tweets make sense, some just act like the perfect fuel for controversies. His tweets won’t go down well with many and gets trolled in return. In one word, many say his middle name should be ‘Controversies’.
Rishi Kapoor tweeted about his desire to see Sourav Ganguly repeating the history but some other history repeated itself. Yes, the history of Rishi Kapoor being trolled.
“Waiting for a repeat of Sourav Ganguly’s act on the balcony of The Lords Ground, London, when India beat England 2002 NatWest series final! YO,” Kapoor tweeted along with a shirtless picture of Dada.
Waiting for a repeat of Sourav Ganguly’s act on the balcony of The Lords Ground,London,when India beat England 2002 NatWest series final! YO pic.twitter.com/z1XAde3JLb
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) July 23, 2017
Soon, Twitterati started slamming him for the tweet that seems to offend them.
He must be drunk and doesnt remember its Women ‘s World Cup .Disgusting was not expecting this from him.
— Chandra @29Libra 🕉 (@chandragonsalve) July 23, 2017
None I guess. Ye bus satheyaa gaya hai.
Bottle ka itna high Nahi hota jitna old age ka high hota hai.— Annie Bhutto (@bhutto_annie) July 23, 2017
Ye hamesha hi koi fazool baat krte 😜 anyway it’s a girl match so relax 🙏🏻
— Seemab Ansari (@ansariseemab1) July 23, 2017
Sir aaj jack daniels ya black label 😑
— johnny (@o9o9o9o9e) July 23, 2017
This is effect of nepotism .
Ask to yourself is this perfect time to tweet this stupid thing— saurabh dubey (@saurabhdubey10) July 23, 2017
He even wrote a second tweet saying he “didn’t say any female player should” repeat Ganguly’s gestures and added people have a “wrong mind”.
WHAT WRONG HAVE I SAID? I DIDNT SAY ANY FEMALE PLAYER SHOULD!I ONLY SAID SOURAV GANGULY SHOULD REPEAT HIS SHOW. YOU HAVE A WRONG MIND DEAR!
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) July 23, 2017
Though he argued there is nothing wrong in his tweet, Twitterati ruled otherwise.
Sir Sunny Leone team mai nahi hai
— Office of PiDi (@pidi24_) July 23, 2017
Sir..With respect. Yeh time aapka tweet mein thoda galti see mistake hua Hai.
— Bijjus (@ibijju) July 23, 2017
Come on…aceept the mistake…you are defending mistake and failing in doing so..sentiment were right but pic was wrong..it happens .relax pic.twitter.com/t9rXtzpkCx
— Mohit Bhardwaj (@miki_nonu) July 23, 2017
Is Sourav playing today??? Shame on you.. think before tweet..
— NeeL (@neal0016) July 23, 2017
🙏 Rishi ji did you crack this type of tweet on 2011 Indian men’s cricket final??
— $ ಠ_ಠ (@sudiptamndl) July 23, 2017
Damage is done !! Sit back quietly and let the time to do its job.
— GroverG (@yogi_dear) July 23, 2017
Delete your twitter please and save urself from more embarrassment
— Waqas Ahmed (@Waqaas1) July 23, 2017
You should apologize instead of excuse
— Urmila Roy (@ummii_roy) July 23, 2017
Rishi kapoor ji U r such a sophisticated person. Just read ur own tweet once & u will realise what wrong u have written Doesn’t behove of u
— Viren (@Lawteaser) July 23, 2017
you having a very wrong mind .aaj kal rishi kapoor ko hoo kya gaya hain.
— dev kataria (@kataria_dev) July 23, 2017
Have you checked whether Sourav Ganguly is at the Lord’s? Please don’t try to cover up your sexism with stupidity.
— Priya Yadav (@priyapyadav18) July 23, 2017
sir women’s world cup hai. How can they repeat of Sourav Ganguly’s act?
— Salman Khan (@Rajibsingha_) July 23, 2017
Ready for controversy….im sure kuch logo ko apka ye tweet pasand nhi aayega
— Urmila Roy (@ummii_roy) July 23, 2017
Many users criticized him for his choice of picture and suggested he should have used a better picture that was not “offensive” to the women players.
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