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Team backs Mukund on racial tweet
India skipper Virat Kohli, all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and many other players on Thursday supported opener Abhinav Mukund\'s emotional Twitter post, recalling the abusive racist posts he received due to his skin colour.
New Delhi: India skipper Virat Kohli, all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and many other players on Thursday supported opener Abhinav Mukund's emotional Twitter post, recalling the abusive racist posts he received due to his skin colour.
Mukund, on Wednesday tweeted a post about fair not being the "only lovely or handsome."Kohli, Pandya, Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary, off-spinner Ashwin supported the youngster and appreciated him.Kohli tweeted: "Very well said Abhinav" while Ashwin said: "Read and learn, don't make it a headline cos its someone's emotion."
Women's doubles badminton star Jwala Gutta also supported him and said: "Corrrrrectttt"Recalling his past, Mukund wrote: "I have been playing cricket since the age of 10 and I have gradually climbed up the ladder to where I am right now."
"I have been travelling a lot within and outside our country since I was 15. Ever since I was young, people's obsession with my skin colour has always been a mystery to me. Anyone who follows cricket would understand the obvious. "I have played and trained day in and day out in the sun and not once have I regretted the fact that I have tanned or lost a couple of shades," the Tamil Nadu southpaw wrote.
