How did the match between Afghanistan and India in T20 Cricket World Cup become controversial through sentimentality and fake news?
When the Indian cricket team took to the field against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup on Wednesday evening, everyone knew that the situation would be 'now or never for the Indian team to be present in the tournament after losing to Pakistan and New Zealand. Gone
India had no choice but to perform exceptionally well against Afghanistan.
India did the same and for the first time in this tournament a team crossed the 200-run mark but on the other hand, it was a surprise to most cricket fans that the Afghan team which did its best in the match against Pakistan Demonstrated, could not prove to be a tough opponent against India and lost without any major resistance.
Probably a factor as to why they're doing so poorly in Afghanistan right after the match. A debate erupted on social media, TV channels, and in public places, with everyone insisting that the match was allegedly fixed and that Afghanistan had lost to India to stay out of the tournament. In case of help provided.
But the famous former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has appealed to the Pakistani people not to follow such a trend and not to blame the Afghan team as he said it could be dangerous for the Afghan team.
Shoaib Akhtar said that the Afghan team is still a weak team and their match was against the biggest and best team of T20, India. He said he also complained that Afghanistan did not play as well as it could, but the Indian team was still very strong.
Shoaib Akhtar said that given the situation in Afghanistan, such allegations could be very dangerous for the Afghan team and they could even face "Sharia" courts in their country. It is noteworthy that Pakistanis are the most prominent in this trend against the Afghan team.
Emotions and fake news more than arguments
The kind of comments that have been made since the end of this match did not show anything called arguments and logic, but similar comments have been made by people in which the element of emotion is prominent. It is difficult to say with certainty how this wave of fake news started, but what appeared on a video and a Twitter account seems to have been going on ever since.
A video of the India-Afghanistan match toss went viral on social media, claiming that the video could be heard saying that after Afghanistan won the toss, Virat Kohli asked Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi to bowl first. After which, Muhammad Nabi tells the commentator that yes we will bowl first.
However, journalist Faizan Lakhani has responded to a user who tweeted the video, "Will they do it in front of multiple cameras and microphones?" Brother, I am not so blind now. In fact, it was Muhammad Nabi who was telling Virat Kohli about his decision and Virat said, "OK."
However, the video went viral on social media, despite denials by cricket-covering journalists.
Then a screenshot started circulating in which the Afghanistan Cricket Board's alleged tweet was 'Well paid India'. Later, from the same Twitter account, apparently correcting 'pad', 'plaid' was written. But it was also a fake Twitter account and in fact, no such content was tweeted from the official account of the Afghanistan Cricket Board.
Politicians are not far behind in the debate over the alleged match between Afghanistan and India.
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan was present on the ARY News program where he was accompanied by former cricketers Younis Khan and Tanveer Ahmed.
On this occasion, Firdous Ashiq Awan said that the 440-volt shock that Pakistan had inflicted on India, today Afghanistan has supplied an oxygen cylinder to India, and they have planned to restore their suffocated breath.