Fans of the Indian cricket team

For pelting stones at Yuvraj Singh’s house after India’s loss in the World T20 championship final

As he painstakingly struggled to put together a score of 11 runs off 21 deliveries, social media went berserk with jokes and angry comments criticising Yuvraj Singh for India’s poor performance that eventually resulted in India’s losing the final. You can still discount remarks like ‘Yuvi needs to become the coach of women cricket team and win world T20’, even if they are in poor taste; after all, we tend to be such angry birds on Twitter. Another tweet read: ‘Yuvraj I hope the next time I see you, you are a judge on comedy nights or an AAP candidate. Thanks for a great career.’

But to pelt stones at his home in Chandigarh? That is inexcusable. Is there a sportsman alive who has not had a bad day on the field? Besides, who can deny the major role Yuvraj played in India’s victory in the T20 tournament of 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011?

For fans to use violence is to insult not just the cricketer, but also the game.

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