Cricketers and fans support Sarfaraz Ahmed after the disgraceful body shaming incident

Nothing has been going Pakistan cricket team and its captain Sarfaraz Ahmed’s way as fans are taking out their frustrations on him for Men in Green’s seventh consecutive defeat to arch-rivals India on June 16 by 89 runs via DLS method. Sarfaraz’s words in the press conference on the defeat have fueled the fire as well, since he refused to blame the senior players, despite it being obvious.

He was also caught on camera yawning a couple of times during the match as the teams came out to bat after the first rain interruption and even former Pakistani cricketers took a dig at the wicketkeeper’s fitness calling him unfit and compared him to many of his counterparts in the tournament. However, one person went too far and crossed a line when it comes to heckling professional players.

Fans come to Sarfaraz’s support after a person calls him nasty words

In the said video, Sarfaraz Ahmed is in a mall in England, where a supposed “fan” is making a video and stops the Pakistan captain, who also has his kid with him. The person calls him fat and also asks him why he is obese like a pig. Sarfaraz walked away as the fan continued to criticize him over the same point.

The video was posted on Twitter and while many fans came out to criticize the national team captain, even making memes. But there were some fans who came to his rescue as well and were angry with the person in the video for the harsh words used for the leader of the Men in Green.

No manners. No respect. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour. Yes the performances have not been good but the players don’t deserve such abuse #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/o8rMNTVGXI

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 21, 2019

Meanwhile, the heat has been turned up on the Pakistan team as they prepare for their next match in the World Cup against South Africa on June 23 at Southampton. They need to win this match in order to keep their hopes of a semi-final qualification alive and make it into the top four. It remains to be seen if some sweeping changes are made in the playing XI of the side.

Here are some tweets supporting Sarfaraz Ahmed in the body shaming incident:

condemnable very disrespectful & disgraceful this man should be punished if there is any verbal abuse law in England. https://t.co/3WgpXv8vLQ

— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) June 21, 2019

Shame on us, Noboy has got the right to use bad language for anyone,
Yes they are representing Pakistan and not performing as accordingly to their standards, but we are criticizing them as they are labours and they are playing under your big load of favours. No one (1/2) pic.twitter.com/dwltOmBpf0

— Mir Hamza (@mirhamza_k) June 21, 2019

(2/2)No one knows about their thousand hours of hardwork, trainings n dedication. First go n get the correct information and then say anything about someone. We really dnt desevre to celebrate victories because we become extremist amd personal in their bad days. #sorrysarfaraz

— Mir Hamza (@mirhamza_k) June 21, 2019

Dear @metpoliceuk @ukhomeoffice this person is harassing Pakistani Cricket ???? Team caption @SarfarazA_54 while he was with his son (minor). Please have a look
Many thanks pic.twitter.com/JvoP6c7VGR

— Rashid Hashmi (@RashidHashmis) June 21, 2019

Shame shame!! Disgraceful! Utterly disgraceful! We apologise to you @SarfarazA_54 for having faced this. No one should have to face such abuse. Pakistanio grow up!!

— Sabeen Ahmad (@sabeenahmads) June 22, 2019

@SarfarazA_54 though i am from india, but as a human i do support you. I do pity that your country men downgrading you in such a way. But dont worry these are a passing showers, they have no existence and u did the rght way not to respond these insanes.

— Vivek Verma (@vivekverma601) June 22, 2019

This is really disgraceful and Absurd! He really doesn’t deserve this. as a Cricket fan I really condemned what has said to a National team captain. Really it’s unfortunate! #SarfrazAhmed You are champion @SarfarazA_54 ❤️???????? https://t.co/OG5qjKB5LX

— ???????? Sharmi ???????? (@ImSharmi7) June 22, 2019

Highly condemnable .. This guy shld thank his stars he got away with grave provocation .. if it was someone else other than Sarfaraz Ahmed, he would have got beating of his life.

— Kishore K Advani (@kish1102) June 22, 2019

Cricket is supposed to be civilised game. This behaviour isn’t on.

— Dr. Christian DeFeo (@doctorcdf) June 22, 2019

Every game is played with a great deal of sportsmanship. Yes, cricket is a religion in India and Pakistan & both teams have lost sometime, somewhere. Be humane for a change, they have families. He made it as a captain, would you even qualify to be in the team? #SarfarazAhmed

— funnysideup (@MihikaSaraf) June 22, 2019

Shame on you this is all I can say. Game ko game ki tarah se rahne do. I am Indian but still feeling bad for Sarfaraz.

— Shiveta (@myshubhi) June 22, 2019

@SarfarazA_54 Although we are very sad about team performance, your captaincy your body language overall your batting fighting esprit dint see much … BUT humiliation should not be done at any level, Ignore the brainless fans keep struggling, Pakistan is our Pride????????

— Farhan Hassan (@FarhanZahoor124) June 22, 2019

Very wrong gesture. @SarfarazA_54 is a very good cricketer and human being. Please respect him.

— Atharva Kambli (@AtharvaKambli) June 22, 2019

@imVkohli pls take a public stand in support of the pak team. @SarfarazA_54 we all respect you and stand by you. And I am sure that all the cricket fans worldwide also stand with u.

— Rajesh Kuwad (@Rajeshkuwad) June 22, 2019

He must be slapped right there.

— Engr Sabir Chattha ???????? ‏ (@Me_Sabir10) June 21, 2019

Sarfaraz Ahmed Should’ve Slapped Him Or Punched His Face, He Totally Deserved That Kind Of A Response..!! ????????????
.#CheapPerson ????????

— Asìl RēHmân ???????? (@ImAsil98) June 21, 2019

People are ridiculous! Yes they’ve come to play a tournament yes there not performing well! Yes you can criticise them there up for the criticism but don’t disrespect them especially when there with there families! Some people are delusional!

— Turgut ???? (@RahmanAdnaan) June 21, 2019

Really disrespectfull words used by Guy ????????????????????????

— Ameeq Ur Rehman (@ur_ameeq) June 21, 2019

This is utter nuisance..I am an Indian but really feel sorry the way poor Sarfaraz is being trolled n harassed..He should be criticized for poor performance but doesn’t deserve disrespectful behaviour in public n that too in front of family.

— Parashar Sharma24/7 (@HindutvaSena) June 21, 2019

Plz dont share this , this is cringworthy … sarfraz just dont lose your focus, perform well in next matches

— hum-khyal dost (@khan_27) June 21, 2019

Absolutely disappointed with abuse. When pak won ct we were unhappy. But we didn’t spoke abuse to our respective cricketers. Some times some win some lose. Be hard be big heartman.

— Rishabh Parewa(Kl Rahul) (@officialrparewa) June 21, 2019

Disgusting behaviour. The man is with his child…Absolutely shameless.

— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) June 21, 2019

Criticism and disrespectful are two different things. This is disrespectful not criticism.

— Kashir Ali (@KashirAli17) June 21, 2019