“Arsh is GOLD”: Harbhajan Singh urges fans to stop criticizing Arshdeep Singh for drop catch in Asia Cup 2022 match vs Pakistan in Dubai

Gurpreet Singh | 05/09/2022
"Arsh is GOLD": Harbhajan Singh urges fans to stop criticizing Arshdeep Singh for drop catch in Asia Cup 2022 match vs Pakistan in Dubai

Harbhajan Singh urges fans to cut some slack on Arshdeep Singh for a dropped catch at a crucial juncture against Pakistan in Dubai.

Despite being only one of the two Indian bowlers to return with economical bowling figures on a day when majority Pakistan batters were at their flawless best, India’s left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has been facing the wrath of the Indian fans, after him dropping the easiest of catches which would have got rid of Asif Ali (16 off 8) during the 18th Over of the chase.

With Pakistan requiring another 31 runs off 15 deliveries, Ravi Bishnoi (4-0-26-1) managed to get a leading edge off Ali’s bat, which should have easily settled within the 23-year-old’s palms, but perhaps the Goddess of fortune had some other plan.

As a consequence, Asif (16 off 8) then smashed a crucial Six off the penultimate Over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-40-1), who leaked 19 runs to bring the equation down to 7 runs required off the final Over.

Arshdeep did manage to trap him in front of the stumps during the last Over, but it was all too late, as Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets, with a ball to spare.

Harbhajan Singh urges fans to not be hard on Arshdeep Singh

A loss against Pakistan unfortunately does bring out the worst of the so-called Indian Cricket fans, who equate the sport with a war-like situation, where players are expected to possess the nerves of steel, with the ability to ace all the pressure moments.

The social media was abuzz with scores of low-life trolls who left no stones unturned to deconstructively criticize the young Indian pacer, who was playing only his 9th T20I.

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took to his social media handle, to state the quite obvious, that no player drops a catch on purpose, and thereby urged the fans to stop criticizing the seamer for reasons that have no place in sports.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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