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‘There was also abuse hurled at my wife’: Tabraiz Shamsi responds to the social media bullying

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South Africa vs India: South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has spoken out strongly against the social media trolls, urging fellow cricketers and sports stars to speak against abuses hurled at his family. He said that he was subject to vile comments on social media and even his wide was dragged into it after he celebrated the wicket of India batter Suryakumar Yadav during the recently finished T20I series between the two teams in South Africa.

When Shamsi forced Suryakumar Yadav to hole one straight to long off in the second T20I between India and South Africa earlier this month, the 33-year-old Proteas spinner was in celebrating it as a match-winning moment. Those celebrations led him being hurled with online abuse after the match.

“People took it in a negative way; they thought it was disrespectful,” Shamsi told Cricbuzz. “I had so much abuse hurled at me. It was probably the worst it’s ever been. There was also abuse hurled at my wife. I didn’t appreciate that. It’s uncalled for. It’s fine if you want to have a dig at the players, but to involve family and say nasty things, that pushes it to another level.”

Taking his official social media handle a day after the match, Shamsi wrote a strong statement. “It’s just a fun celebration which a lot of kids enjoy and means no disrespect towards the batter… I’ve mentioned that countless times before. All you guys hurling abuse are just giving other genuine cricket loving fans from your country a bad name.. cheers,” he’d write.

However, it would only lead to more hateful comments being bombarded at the South Africa international. Shamsi feels that more sports persons should take stand against online abuses.

“I feel that if players don’t say anything about it, then people think they have free licence. More people need to speak up and say it’s not OK. Yes, we’re all trying our best. Yes, your team might not win or you might not agree with certain things. But you need to behave like a human being. You can’t carry on like an animal,” he said.

The Proteas spinner has been known for speaking his mind on the social media. Before the Boxing Day Test in Australia, he voiced his support for Usman Khawaja, who had been denied to wear shoes with the ‘All lives are equal’ and ‘Freedom is a human right’.

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“I would like the ICC to explain what exactly has Usman Khawaja done wrong?? Why the double standards??” Shamsi wrote on his X account, tagging cricket’s world governing body in his tweet.

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