Twitterati fume after ICC calls Ravindra Jadeja 'Sir' on smashing 9th Test fifty

The prefix that Jadeja has is a joke in India’s cricketing circles

Ravindra Jadeja became a sensation overnight after his unbeaten 86-run knock which saved India from a severe collapse. His sword celebration followed by brave batting put the social media on fire. Fans and people from the cricket fraternity applauded his terrific performance. However, a tweet from the International Cricket Council (ICC) created an uproar at the same time.

After the completion of the Indian innings, ICC posted a tweet which said, “Sir Ravindra Jadeja take a bow! The all-rounder is shepherding the tail expertly, and is currently unbeaten on 86, having unfurled his trademark swashbuckling celebration on reaching 50.”

Here’s the post:

Sir Ravindra Jadeja take a bow!

The all-rounder is shepherding the tail expertly, and is currently unbeaten on 86, having unfurled his trademark swashbuckling celebration on reaching 50.

India are 292/9 and trailing by 40.

Follow #ENGvIND live https://t.co/LQoNOzv9xA pic.twitter.com/taiALY4mnA

— ICC (@ICC) September 9, 2018

The fans were left amused to witness that the cricketing body called Jadeja “Sir”. The Twitterati came up with diverse reactions to this post. Some felt that Jadeja didn’t deserve such an address while some read it with a suspicion that the ICC’s account is run by some Indian.

Actually icc is trolling jadeja.
It's deregotary and ofcourse very biased.

— Subu (@Bhrigusagar) September 10, 2018

That's a bit derogatory by ICC calling him 'Sir'. He played very well indeed to bring up India's score to almost match England's. He played better than the lost T20 he played in when he was given that 'Sir' title and Dhobi apologised for losing the game.

— norm (@norm1037) September 9, 2018

“ Sir ” ??? @ICC are you mad ???

— Gihan Kaduwela (@Gihan_Kadu) September 10, 2018

Is this account run by an Indian? Very biased.

— J (@james_blacknell) September 9, 2018

The prefix that Jadeja has is a joke in India’s cricketing circles. Even former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni indulged in the joke in the past about his Chennai Super Kings mate Jadeja and the latter has taken it sportingly.