Kohli backs Shami after social media abuse: 'Attacking someone over religion is the most pathetic thing'

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India captain calls the people who attacked Shami on social media ‘spineless’

Virat Kohli: “We play sport and we understand exactly how sport goes. How people think on the outside has no value whatsoever within our group”  

India captain Virat Kohli has hit back at people who had attacked and abused fast bowler Mohammed Shami on social media, especially over his religion, after India’s 10-wicket drubbing against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2021 opener last Sunday. Shami was India’s most expensive bowler, with figures of 3.5-0-43-0 when India failed to defend 151 in Dubai.

“There’s a good reason why we are playing on the field and not some bunch of spineless people on social media that have no courage to actually speak to any individual in person,” Kohli said in Dubai, a day before India’s next fixture, against New Zealand. “They hide behind their entities and go after people through social media, making fun of people and that has become a source of entertainment in today’s world, which is so unfortunate and sad to see because this is literally the lowest level of human potential that one can operate at, and that’s how I look at these people.

“As I rightly mentioned before, to me attacking someone over their religion is the most, I would say, pathetic thing that a human being can do. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion and what they feel about certain situations, but I personally have never ever even thought of discriminating anyone over their religion. That is a very personal and sacred thing to every human being and that should be left there.

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Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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