'Stop Doing Clownery': Star Sports Brutally Trolled for Mistakenly Dropping Shubman Gill From Asia Cup Squad
Star Sports missed out Indian opening batsman Shubman Gill's name on the list for the Asia Cup, and courted trolls and jibes as a result of the gaffe as fans took to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to take a dig at...Read More
The BCCI announced the Indian squad for the upcoming Asia Games on Monday and broadcaster Star Sports courted trolls and jibes online as they missed out on the name of one of the members of the announced list, Shubman Gill.
Fans took to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to take a dig at the broadcaster following their slip-up.
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One fan posted, “Shubman Gill was on his way to BCCI headquarters after not finding his name. Now he’s on his way to Star Sports office for mini attack."
Shubman Gill was on his way to BCCI headquarters after not finding his name. Now he’s on his way to Star Sports office for mini attack.— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) August 21, 2023
Another post read, “Great comeback by Shubman Gill on Star Sports."
Great comeback by Shubman Gill on Star Sports.— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) August 21, 2023
While another reaction from a fan read, “Star sports!!!!!! Stop doing clownery ! Thank God ! Gill is in the squad"
One fan shared a post that read, “Fans slamming management when Star Sports goofed up Shubman Gill‘s announcement. Twitter zindabad."
Fans slamming management when Star sports goofed up Shubman Gill’s announcement Twitter zindabad— Anuj Nitin Prabhu (@APTalksCricket) August 21, 2023
While one other fan consolidated the events with a post that read, “Star Sports created a graphic, their anchor Raunak Kapoor spoke it up. The graphic had Shubman Gill missing. So you had two-minute outrage, people lost their voices yelling in their drawing rooms.. then BCCI tweeted the actual squad with Gill in."
Star Sports created a graphic, their anchor Raunak Kapoor spoke it up. The graphic had Shubman Gill missing. So you had two-minute outrage, people lost their voices yelling in their drawing rooms.. then BCCI tweeted the actual squad with Gill in.— KASHISH (@crickashish217) August 21, 2023
One fan wrote, “Gill is in the team but got sacked by Star Sports"
Gill is in the team but got sacked by Star sportsWarra irrelevant player
— AR (@Captain_RG_31_) August 21, 2023
Another post read, “Gill was on flight to Colombo and he was watching star sports."
Gill was on flight to Colombo and he was watching star sports.— viroot (@topgun_mav11) August 21, 2023
Another fan’s post read, “So now these Star sports experts are dropping Gill"
So now these Star sports experts are dropping Gill— Vineet B Vinayak (@VineetVinayak07) August 21, 2023
Gill lit the latest edition of the Indian Premier League on fire as he bagged the orange cap for finishing the season as the top scorer with a whooping 890 runs in 17 innings and is expected to head the Indian opening batting in the Asia Cup.
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