Sikh Indian player faces online abuse over dropped catch in Pakistan match

Singh's Wikipedia entry was briefly altered to link him to Khalistan movement, reportedly prompting India to summon executives from the open-edit online encyclopedia.

A torrent of online abuse has hit Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh after he dropped a catch against Pakistan, with much of the vitriol focusing on the fact that he is from the Sikh minority. Singh missed the easy but crucial chance in the closing stages of the arch rivals' dramatic Asia Cup clash on Sunday won by Pakistan in Dubai in the final over –– when the 23-year-old was the bowler.to link him to the Khalistan Sikh separatist movement, reportedly prompting the Indian government to summon executives from the open-edit online encyclopedia.

"He is a Khalistani and has secret ties with Pakistan," said one Twitter user. "Arshdeep Singh has taken money as a Khalistani agent," wrote another. After the match, star Indian player Virat Kohli backed Singh, saying that "anyone can make a mistake". The hashtag #IndiaWithArshdeep, supporting the young player, was trending on Twitter.

After all he is a human being..could make mistake. Please don't politicise sports. He has a career ahead for which he struggled a lot. Don't crash his dreams🙏🏼

youtube was bl9cked in Pakistan during imran khans live speech۔ The whole Pakistani nation stamds wd imran khan but the Government n military are censoring him on every platform۔ pak is going under dictatorship

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