ENG vs IND: Virat Kohli, Mohammad Shami abused by England fans at Nottingham? Here's a report

The first Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge was at its exciting best with two high-quality sides matching each other blow for blow, setting the stage for a brilliant final day in a series opener. However, rain played the spoilsport once again, washing out the final day, which resulted in a draw. However, reports of racial abuse by a set of English fans has hogged a lot of limelight.

Virat Kohli and Mohammad Shami were racially abused during the first Test match

Team India is currently on England tour and in the middle of a five-match Test series. While there was no shortage of entertainment in the first Test match it is learned that skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Mohammad Shami were at the receiving end of the abuses and racist comments by a section of the English crowd during the match.

A British Indian female fan took to Reddit and narrated the experience saying that English fans were constantly hurling abuses and racist comments towards Indian cricketers. India fast bowler Mohammed Shami was being called ‘Sh**ty Shami’ while the skipper Virat Kohli was referred to as ‘wanker Kohli’ after losing DRS and also called the visiting team players lazy and cheaters according to the fan.

The woman then brought the issue to a steward’s attention in the stand when she was told to ‘go back to India’ by an England fan. The steward took prompt action and ejected the fan from the venue. After the incident, the lady along with her family was then moved to the stand where more Indian fans were present but even a small section of English fans kept chanting ‘Delta’ concerning the COVID-19 variant which was previously named as ‘Indian variant.’

ENG vs IND: Indian players were abused during the Australia tour as well

The racial attack was one of the obstacles that Team India came across during a tough tour of Australia. Indian players, Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were racially abused by the section of the crowd during the third Test match at SCG, following which umpires and match officials were involved in a lengthy discussion and the culprits were removed from the stands.

A few drunk supporters took racial jibes at Mohammed Siraj with taunts that were seriously insulting and called him “brown monkey”. The issue was brought to the notice of a senior contingent from the Indian team led by skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who spoke to the two on-field umpires and reported the issue to them and the action was taken later on against the crowd.

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