Cricket Australia apologises for racial abuse that didn’t happen.
Sunday, 10 January 2021
There have been extraordinary scenes at the @SCG. Play was stopped as police escorted out a group following abuse complaints from India's cricket team. The fans deny wrong-doing but it comes less than 24 hours after racism claims during yesterday's play. https://t.co/9GMRQwIbx8 pic.twitter.com/O15n3Y5biv
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) January 10, 2021
The Indian team is quick to play the racism card.
Turns out the ‘racism’ their player heard was a couple of blokes having a friendly go. Indian spectator Rishi Aryan, who was seated in the same bay, told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Sunday:
“All these boys were doing is a bit of sledging of the player on the outfield. First it was Bumrah then they had a sledge against Siraj. They kept calling him Shiraz and all that crap. Next thing you know they said: ‘Welcome to Sydney, Siraj’ and then he got the shits. That was literally it. Then he walked off.”
Still, Cricket Australia says sorry.
Why do they always bend over to India?