r/Cricket • u/5missedcallsfromBCCI 1983 Prudential World Cup Champions • 22d ago

Opinion Tendulkar slams Bumrah trolls: ‘just a coincidence that India won Tests he didn’t play’

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/tendulkar-slams-bumrah-trolls-just-a-coincidence-that-india-won-tests-he-didnt-play-10172846/
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u/Ruthless-Aggression Chennai Super Kings 22d ago

The fact that someone like Sachin has to come out in the support of Bumrah shows how far we've fallen as a fanbase. A player with a test average of 19.8 (Yes, FUCKING 19.8) in 48 matches is getting trolled. Why? Because India won a few matches in which he didn't play. We don't deserve Bumrah at all. Insufferable fanbase!

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u/manobatasari India 22d ago

shows how far we've fallen as a fanbase

This is nothing new, and Tendulkar knows this just well. Growing up, a good part of 2000-2010 was: India loses every time Tendulkar plays well. So much so that people were seriously rooting for him to get out early so that 'India wins' (not in a joking way). It was just that this stupidity dissipated into thin air by the following day without being discussed across the world on twitter, reddit and news channels.

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u/pdsajo 21d ago

I’d argue Tendulkar’s generation has seen worse when people used to throw stones at their houses after bad losses. At least the current folks can simply turn off their phones and they’ll be good.

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u/ChaplinWasRight India 21d ago

It's cute you think we're above stone pelting now.

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u/pdsajo 21d ago

I’m not saying it will never happen, but social media has given people a more convenient way to vent out their anger towards the players. So the same people who used to throw stones then are the ones writing abuses in comments section now.

We haven’t had stone pelting and effigy burning in last 10-15 years the way it used to happen in the 90s and 2000s. Every single player, irrespective of how beloved they were, including Tendulkar, Dravid and Sehwag, were victims of that during those times

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u/ayowhatinlol 21d ago

Do you seriously think people are throwing stones at players homes now 😂

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u/aaditya_9303 21d ago

This was so true. Whenever Sachin scored a 100, some guy would say India is gonna lose now. It did happen a few times but what’s Sachin’s fault in that. He gave his 100% and the remaining team failed to capitalise on it. Even now, Bumrah rarely ever fails as a bowler. He gets you wickets almost every single game. Just because the rest of the team couldn’t keep up doesn’t mean Bumrah is the “panauti”.