Former Pakistani star batsman Mohammad Hafeez came up with a tweet extending his support to Indian youngster Arshdeep Singh who dropped a catch at the crucial time in the important match between India and Pakistan. The tweet garnered wide reach with fans of team India flooding his comment section with their opinions.

Rohit expression= whole india expression 😢😢
#INDvsPAK #RohitSharma #Arshdeep pic.twitter.com/WJ43N5w2py

— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) September 4, 2022

India and Pakistan, two arch-rivals met each other for the second time in the ongoing Asia cup tournament. Winning the toss, Baba Azam asked team India to bat first and the Rohit Sharma led team managed to put 182 runs in the score board at the end of the first innings.

Though they didn’t get a good start, Nawaz’s 20 ball 42 and Rizwan’s 41 ball 71 helped the green team to get going. While India was having the momentum going towards the final overs, youngster Arshdeep dropped a simple catch of Asif Ali which could have sent him back to the pavilion. That came back to haunt India as Asif Ali made sure his team registered the victory with a ball to spare.

Arshdeep became a victim of severe online troll for dropping a sitter. However, players such as Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan singh who represented India in the past came in to defend him. In the meantime, former Pakistan player Mohammad Hafeez uploaded a tweet in his official twitter handle, saying “My request to all Indian team fans. In sports we make mistakes as we r human. Please don’t humiliate anyone on these mistakes” and tagged Arshdeep in his tweet.

Check out his tweet below :

My request to all Indian team fans. In sports we make mistakes as we r human. Please don’t humiliate anyone on these mistakes. @arshdeepsinghh

— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) September 4, 2022

The tweet garnered 64 k likes with hundreds of comments in no time. Check out some of the top comments it received below :

Indians are not humiliating #arshadeepsingh ! Most of the accounts doing so seem dodgy & look like bots. My India loves #arshadeepsingh ! The ” #khalistani controversy” seems fake !#IndiaWithArshdeep ! We are divided by ideology, United by our 🇮🇳 & our cricket. We #BleedBlue https://t.co/wWYQPngdzC

— Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 (@tehseenp) September 5, 2022

My simple request to you.
Don’t comment on our Indian team. It’s none of your business.
Stay away.
Next time tell your winning record against India.

— Virat_fan_boy (@SunilSa02606284) September 5, 2022

We don’t need any preaching !! And there’s no humiliation, Arsh will come out stronger in the next match. You in the meantime keep the existential battle on …

— Harjiv Singh (@harjivrekhi) September 5, 2022

Mind your own business, thank you.

— dr_vee (@dr_veeprakash) September 5, 2022

Accha ok pic.twitter.com/JKZdydB5Qe

— Delhi Se Hoon BC (@delhichatter) September 5, 2022

My request to you that you looked low when bhuvi kumar cleaned bowled you for a golden duck on his debut first ball.

— Manali Putra (@ManaliPutra) September 4, 2022

My request to Pak fans 😥 https://t.co/5oknMOQqBV pic.twitter.com/vAaZpeZYWR

— viroot (@topgun_mav11) September 5, 2022

All cricketers get criticized at some point or other during their careers. Yesterday just wasn’t his day.
Stop the attempts to slice and separate Indians with your fake a malicious tirade. @arshdeepsinghh is and will always be one amongst us Indians. https://t.co/3AN2V4704P

— Apeksha (@akuleh31) September 5, 2022