The Indian Cricket team have arrived in Melbourne ahead of their opening match of the 20-20 World Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday. The Board released a video covering the journey of the team from Brisbane to Melbourne. Several players also gave an update on their arrival in Melbourne on their social media handles. Seamer Arshdeep Singh also did the same on his Instagram story which went viral for the wrong reasons.
The seamer shared the top view of the city from the flight and captioned it ‘Mailborn it is’. As soon as the story went live on Instagram, people began trolling Arshdeep for misspelling ‘Melbourne’ as ‘Mailborn’. The 23-year-old further updated another story and this time he spelled the city’s name as ‘Male-bone’.
It seems as if the southpaw was taking a dig at the trollers with his second story for mocking him for his spelling mistake.
Arshdeep Singh : Punjabis and English never ending love story:) pic.twitter.com/rBZbXWym2p
— Veer? (@VeerUnfiltered) October 20, 2022
India vs Pakistan match in danger of being washed out
India and Pakistan are all set to clash in their opening match on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, However, the fate of the match is in the hands of the rain gods as there’s a 90% chance of rain on the match-day.
The match starts at 7 pm local time, which is 1.30 pm IST. A minimum of five overs per side need to be possible for a match to take place and there are no reserve days for the group stage, a facility available only for the semi-finals and the finals.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast has left millions of fans worried as there are high chances of the match getting washed out.
“Cloudy. Very high (95 per cent) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h turning southeasterly during the evening,” reads the agency’s website weather forecast for Sunday.
In fact, India’s last practice game against New Zealand which was supposed to be held in Brisbane on October 19 was completely washed out due to incessant rainfall in the city. Pakistan’s last practice match against Afghanistan was also stopped midway due to the rain.
Meanwhile, Twitter was abuzz with reactions to Arshdeep’s Instagram story. Here’s how fans reacted to the post:
Recent in Ipl some Australian commentators pronounced Punjab as Poonjab. He is doing same as them at there place
— Balraj Randhawa (@RSR3016) October 20, 2022
Meanwhile Kami Bhai.? pic.twitter.com/0FgAbGtu8h
— yr.samar (@YusufRahamani) October 20, 2022
"Male-Bone" got me???
— Musk Melon (@_musk_melon_2) October 20, 2022
Bhai ielts karke nhi Jaa rhe ho.
— ANIL VATS?? (@ANIL_VATS32) October 20, 2022
Why are you trolling player of own country
When some bad elements can take benefit from it like Fakistani— karanpreet singh (@PathshalaPets) October 20, 2022
Ye twitter gyani ek national player ko English ke liye troll kar rhe hai jo 130 crore me se select hua hai ..shows the gyan chodas have nothing much to do in there real life #ArshdeepSingh
— Sachin Sharma (@Sharma_GKa_Beta) October 20, 2022
Where are those who were supporting #arshdeepsingh when people called him gaddar. Kamzor English pe ab khud hi troll kar rahe hain.
— Talented Rohit (@MaaKi_Aankh) October 20, 2022
Trolling someone for not having proficiency in the language which is not even his/her mother tongue is really dumb. Not everyone has to pass Spelling Bee in another language. #arshdeepsingh
— ?????? ????????? (@Golgappa_09) October 20, 2022
Nice cover-up by #ArshdeepSingh. That being said, we should stop judging cricketers for their English (good or bad) and only comment on their skill. This goes for both #India and #Pakistan players. #Mailborn #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/2lwM84IgEt
— Deepansh Duggal (@Deepansh75) October 20, 2022
Arshi Paaji?#PAKvsIND #AsiaCup2022 #arshdeepsingh #akmal #cricket#worldcup2022 pic.twitter.com/d3F8ATUjCV
— Hassan (@Arham_07_) October 20, 2022
Umar Akmal must be proud.#arshdeepsingh
— Harish Singh Mehta (@HarishS58639432) October 20, 2022
