Maximum tweets targeting Shami were from Pakistani agencies
After India was defeated by 10 wickets in the Super 12 stage on October 24, it lost its three-decade-long domination in World Cup cricket against Pakistan.
A coordinated agenda to selectively highlight the criticism faced by Mohammed Shami, particularly in a communal context.
The tweets criticizing Shami were not that visible and were limited to selective pages, just like for others, but tweets selectively attacking such criticism of Shami attained much greater visibility.
When further scrutiny and analysis of the targeted tweets was conducted by it was found that the handles trolling Shami, several were of Pakistani origin, and some were run by various agencies; showing that it was actually a weaponization of social media from predictable sources.
The pressure and the hype were created to such an extent that players like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman, and others started tweeting in support of Shami. Tweets from veterans further resulted in giving a push to the one-sided biased narrative that Pakistan had peddled to stoke the ‘intolerance’ claim against India.
An account named Alitaza tweeted 28 abusive comments against Shami. Investigation shows that the account follows 15 people, all of which are Pakistanis.
A closer look into the handles that left the vicious comments against Shami at the very start exposes the true face of the trolling. The majority of tweets targeting Shami were from Pakistan.
This is a classic case of how social media is used to create a false narrative around India and alleged “religious intolerance” in the country.
Amidst the spate of targeted civilian killings in J&K by Pakistan sponsored terrorism
there was a strong chorus that opposed the idea of playing cricket with Pakistan.
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Pakistan is using this tournament and its first victory to spread hatred against Hindus. Their doing Namaz on the ground and their spokes person using Kafir while talking to the captain violates the rules of cricket board.India should inform the cricketing board that India will stop funding PCB asap, if Pakistan does not stop using this tournament to attack Hindus. Hope some one at the top talk to sachin Tendulkar and others to speak and support Shami and other players. our players must expose the jihadi attacks on HIndus in Pakistan Afghanistan and Bangladesh