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/nubpokerkid 22d ago

Muted at least 4 Indian cricket subreddits today talking about Bumrah. I love how Bumrah goes about his life without bothering for fans or fame because he knows they'll turn toxic at any moment. I always thought that was a great move on his part.

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u/Ruthless-Aggression Chennai Super Kings 22d ago

Tbh, most of this toxicity started when he didn't call Kohli the fittest player in the team and instead named himself. Then a section of Koach's worst fans turned on him and since then, he has been micro-analysed like anything. Ridiculous stats like him being effective only against the tail-enders are being brought up. What kind of match are these fucks even watching?

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u/Black_Mamba265 India 22d ago

It’s toxic twats like them which keeps from saying I’m a fan of Koach like genuinely he’s my favourite player (since I was growing up and still is) but the minute I say that I’m associated with these d*ckweed armchair experts

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u/North-Stand 22d ago

You are not alone my friend. 7-8 years ago one of most frequent youtube search string was "Kohli cover drives" whenever I took a short break from work. I got that much joy from his batting. But last few years I have been at odds with this toxic cult who seems to be a bunch of losers who have tied their whole identity and existence around one guy. Almost as if they have nothing to do and nothing to achieve. They just want to feed off Kohli's achievements. That makes them take real and even imagine slight of Kohli, as a personal insult and they pounce on you like a blood thirsty mob. Absolutely disgraceful. If Gill keeps doing well at no. 4 and starts getting applauded they will drag him through the mud as they are doing to Bumrah now.

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u/Black_Mamba265 India 22d ago

It’s truly quite sad to see honestly I won’t be surprised if after he finally retires ODI (hopefully not anytime soon he’s still the goat in that format even Rohit to be fair) they’re gonna be the new Dhoni fans