Ahead of World Cup clash, India cricket coach Ravi Shastri trolled on Twitter

Ahead of World Cup clash, India cricket coach Ravi Shastri trolled on Twitter

Ravi Shastri

Indian cricket head coach Ravi Shastri has been trolled on Twitter ahead of India's first 2019 World Cup match against South Africa for posing with two female fans.

The Australian journalist Dennis Freedman, who claims to be a Pakistan cricket team fan, posted a picture on his Twitter handle of Shastri, sharing the frame with two women.

There is one more person in the frame, who is not associated with the Indian team.

Freedman wrote, "India's World Cup preparations appear to be going well."

Here's the tweet:

There were mixed reactions after the photo went viral and fans started commenting on Freedman's post.

One user wrote, "They are so anxious to gel in with gori's in UK. This is Indians very natural complex."

"Fielding at fine leg." Another one wrote: "We're playing both on and off the field," wrote another user.

One user came forward in support of the coach and wrote, "Atleast they aren't involved in ball tampering or any of those shits which a team (5 times WC winner) loves to do!! And talking about preparations @DennisCricket_ if you can remember 2-1(odi) 2-1(test) these stats, Indiadefeated the same team in their own ground in 2018 Nov!"

"Let the howlers howl. We don't care. Have a good time Shastri," said another Twitter user.

Freedman has been making such comments against the Indian team quite often, for example, he had called cricketer Gautam Gambhir a "verbal terrorist" last year after Gambhir shared expressed his views for India-Pakistan political relations.