Million of Indian hearts were broken last night after the crushing loss the Indian cricket team had faced against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2017 final. Fans were heavily dejected but they still haven’t abused our players as some of the fans used to do earlier.
As soon as Pakistan handed a crushing defeat to India, Indian cricket fans on social media started sharing congratulatory messages for the neighboring nation’s players, and sent heartwarming message for our Indian team. Messages like ‘Win or Loss, We’re with You’, ‘We still love our Indian players’, ‘you were sublime throughout the tournament, this was just one off day’ etc. were flooded on internet.
In the past, we have witnessed incidents where some fans bashed our players on social media, some even hurled stones at the houses of Indian cricketers, some abused the family members of cricketers blaming them whenever Indian team lost major matches. Indians are very passionate about cricket and they can’t digest the team losing, especially to Pakistan.
But, after last night’s defeat, despite it was a humiliating loss by a mammoth 180 runs, rarely a hate message was seen against Team India. Fans have pat the back of our players for reaching the final on the basis of consistent performances, consoled them saying it was just a one off-day, filled confidence in them saying they will stand by them no matter win or loss and wished them for upcoming tournaments.
This change in mindset of fans will boost the morale of our players and motivate them to do better.