Australian cricketer, Mitchell Marsh received huge flak as he posed with both his legs on the World Cup trophy. Here's how the netizens reacted to the same!
The Australian cricket team defeated India in the finals of the World Cup 2023 and made history at the Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19, 2023. Their historic win left many Indians heartbroken, who were waiting for Team India to lift the trophy with bated breath. Hours after the win, Australian skipper, Pat Cummins shared a photo of Mitchell Marsh, which made its way to several social media platforms. The internet called the gesture disrespectful and bashed Marsh for it.
After becoming the fifth Australian captain to secure his country's sixth ODI World Cup, Pat Cummins took to his IG stories and shared a picture of Australian cricketer, Mitchell Marsh. In the photo, which is going viral on social media, Marsh was seen sitting on a couch with both his legs resting on top of the World Cup trophy. It looks like the photo was clicked in the hotel room where the Australian team was sitting and chit-chatting with each other.
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Now that the picture is going viral on social media, netizens are expressing their anger over the same. They flooded the post's comment section and slammed Mitchell Marsh for his disrespectful gesture towards the trophy. While one user commented, "What a disgrace....shame on this kind of behavior", another one wrote, "Haath me daru trophy k upar per yehi hai unki sabhyata disgusting."
Pat Cummins was presented with the World Cup trophy by India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, and Australia's deputy prime minister, Richard Marles. After giving Cummins the trophy and posing for photos, the duo walked off the stage, leaving the cricketer by himself. However, the Australian captain kept smiling awkwardly as he watched the crowd look at him, waiting for his teammates to join him. Eventually, the rest of the Australian team came onto the stage to celebrate their World Cup win. Now, the video is widely going viral on the internet.
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To watch the video, click here.
For the unversed, Pat Cummins got Virat Kohli, who was well-set on 54 runs, breaking millions of hearts as the premier India batsman got out. During an interaction after the match, Cummins shared that the Aussies took a second huddle just to acknowledge how big the moment was. When he was asked if the crowd's silence was his sweetest experience on a cricket field, he said:
“Yeah, I think so. We did take a second in the huddle just to acknowledge the silence that was going around the crowd. It just felt like it was one of those days where it was all made for him to score another hundred like he normally does and that was satisfying.”
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