Former India spinner Pragyan Ojha shut down a troll after the latter posted a distasteful tweet about him. It all started when the former spinner took to Twitter to criticise Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pat Cummins’ performance against Mumbai Indians.
The costliest player in the last players’ auction and the costliest overseas player of all time, Cummins was struggling with his line and length. He was bowling short consistently and was taken to the cleaners by Rohit Sharma and others. It was an outing to forget for him.
The Australia pacer finished the game with figures of 49 from just three overs. And as Rohit Sharma was hitting him all around the park, Pragyan Ojha took to Twitter to criticise the pacer, writing:
“Can someone ask #PatCummins if he has not seen @ImRo45
bat before or their analyst has not shown him the strength of the #hitman. If you bowl to him there, he will keep hitting you out of the park all day.”
Can someone ask #PatCummins if he has not seen @ImRo45 bat before or their analyst has not shown him the strength of the #hitman. If you bowl to him there, he will keep hitting you out of the park all day.#ProGyaan #IPL2020 #KKRvsMI
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) September 23, 2020
This is when the troll decided to take a shot at the former cricketer. Replying to Pragyan Ojha’s tweet, he wrote: “Did anyone tell you that you bowled ‘bhatta’ all your life.”
Bhatta means chucking or illegal bowling. The fan seemingly took a dig at Pragyan Ojha’s bowling action due to which he was banned in 2014. However, he soon returned to the game after correcting his action and played in IPL as well as domestic cricket.
Unsurprisingly, Pragyan Ojha was not impressed with the reply and he was quick to give the troll a piece of his mind, writing:
“I guess you live in fools paradise it was all over the news and I was asked to remodel my action. I rectified my mistake played for Bengal, Mumbai Indians and India A. What made you think if you talk about my past, I will be disturbed … Get matured… boy.”
I guess you live in fools paradise it was all over the news and I was asked to remodel my action. I rectified my mistake played for Bengal, Mumbai Indians and India A. What made you think if you talk about my past, I will be disturbed … Get matured… boy.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) September 23, 2020