Summary An Indian user's comment mocking Pakistan's team sparked an intense debate on ICC's Facebook page.
(Web Desk) - The Pakistan-India cricket rivalry, both on and off the field, is one of the most intense ever to have been witnessed in the world of sports.
However, recently the rivalry moved online when an Indian user, in his comment posted on International Cricket Council s official Facebook page, urged the ICC not to invite Pakistani teams to play international women cricket because they "still don’t deserve it". As many as around 600 users liked the post while also stirring a charged argument between Indian and Pakistani users.
In a fitting reply to the user, the ICC posted a picture of Pakistan’s recent spectacular win over India in the Champions Trophy along with a text caption saying, "You mean these guys?" - a clearly sarcastic response to the user. The post has so far been engaged with and liked by around 9, 000 users and has gone viral on Facebook in the wake of Pakistanis still basking in the glory of the win in the finals almost one month back.
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ICC s response to Indian troll bashing on Pakistan on a Facebook post. Courtesy: Screengrab from Facebook
However, later on Wednesday evening both posts including ICC s reply appeared to have been removed from their official Facebook page.
ICC s post and that of the Indian user appears to have been taken down from the page after stirring online controversy.
The user’s statement and the ICC s reply have sparked an intense debate online with many Pakistanis as well as others praising the ICC for standing up for Pakistan and for giving a befitting reply to a clearly racist comment. Some users were also of the view that Indians were making such comments because they were having difficulty digesting their recent humiliating defeat to Pakistan.
On the other hand some users (mostly Indians) were of the view that the ICC was an international body that was not supposed to favor any one team and such comments violated its principal of impartiality.
The incident occurred during the event of the Women’s World Cup which is an international cricketing event arranged by the ICC, in order to promote female cricket.
