Younger Kolkata Knight Riders batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi confronted extreme criticism from followers on social media after he tried to mock India’s badminton sensation Saina Nehwal. Raghuvanshi made his IPL debut in 2024 and had a memorable outing with the bat. In 10 innings, he scored 163 runs at a strike fee of 155.24. Raghuvanshi’s assertion got here after Nehwal claimed that sports activities like badminton, tennis, basketball are bodily more durable than cricketers She additionally criticised the Indian followers for at all times prioritising cricket over the opposite sports activities.
“Everybody needs to know what Saina is doing, what wrestlers and boxers are doing, what Neeraj Chopra is doing. Everybody is aware of these sportspersons, as a result of we now have persistently carried out and we now have been on the newspapers. I did that, I really feel it is like a dream that I did it in India, the place there is not even a sporting tradition,” Saina stated on the Nikhil Simha podcast.
Saina Nehwal Stoodup and Spoken Some Harsh Details pic.twitter.com/gaF9fSROXc
— Gems of Shorts (@Warlock_Shabby) July 11, 2024
“Typically, I really feel dangerous that cricket will get all the eye. The factor about cricket is… when you see badminton, basketball, tennis, and different sports activities are so robust bodily. You do not even have time to choose up the shuttle and serve, you might be like… you might be respiratory so onerous. A recreation like cricket will get a lot consideration the place I personally imagine ability is extra essential.”
These phrases by Nehwal didn’t go properly with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who took to X (former Twitter) and wrote, “Let’s examine how she goes when Bumrah bowls 150k’s bumper at her head.”
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) July 12, 2024
The KKR star afterward deleted the tweet and went on to publish an apology to Nehwal. He then wrote, “I am sorry everybody, I meant my remarks as a joke, wanting again I believe it was a extremely immature joke. I understand my mistake and I sincerely apologize.”
I am sorry everybody, I meant my remarks as a joke, wanting again I believe it was a extremely immature joke. I understand my mistake and I sincerely apologize.
— Angkrish Raghuvanshi (@angkrish10) July 12, 2024
Nonetheless, this was not the primary time when a sportsperson voiced his/her opinion relating to the ignorance in the direction of different sports activities.
Earlier, India badminton star Chirag Shetty additionally slammed the Maharashtra authorities for felicitating the T20 World Cup winners and never him after India’s triumph at Thomas Cup in 2022.
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