Former West Indies cricket legend Michael holding mocked the Indian cricketers for wearing the black armbands during the first day of Nottingham Test.
The visitors paid a tribute to late former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late former Indian cricket skipper Ajit Wadekar. But Holding made a sarcastic comment that they are not wearing it because they are 0-2 down in the series.
While commentating for Sky Sports in the third Test at Trent Bridge, holding said, “Indian players are wearing the black band not because they are 0-2 down.” Soon after his statement, he faced a huge backlash from the cricket fans on social media. Here’re some of the reactions:
Unlike the previous two matches, the Indian players showed huge patience while batting against England’s pace attack. Though they lost three wickets in the first session, they made the English bowlers toil hard after the lunch break.
Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli stitched a partnership of over 100 runs still moving strong. Both of them smashed their respective half-centuries and are expected to convert it into tons by the end of the day.