Netizens troll Team India for taking knee before Pakistan match, Here's WHY?

Dubai: In support of Black Lives Matter movement, the Indian players took a knee, moments before their high-octane T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 clash against Pakistan here on Sunday.

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma took the knee, while the remaining team members did the same outside the boundary line. The Pakistani side did not take to the knees, instead kept their hands on their chest.

However, some social media users trolled Indians players for not showing solidarity with dalits, tribals and muslims being brazenly targeted at home.

When will Indians take the knee to show solidarity with Indians like dalits, tribals & muslims being brazenly targeted at home?

Black lives matter.
Indian lives in India matter too. https://t.co/Oi8H0YysMl

— GeetV (@geetv79) October 24, 2021

The sham started with this !

Take a knee for ONE black life in America ... but silent on 400 farmers who died in India?

A sham never works!! https://t.co/TUGOj9usJJ

— Satish _Bee (@BeeSatish) October 24, 2021

The Indian cricket team taking the knee would be funny, if it weren’t so disrespectful to the movement.

Before you take the knee, Team India, grow a spine and speak out against the atrocities against the injustices against minorities in India. #Hypocrites https://t.co/Ql9IKLfCus

— J’accuse (@moi_artiste) October 24, 2021

Yesterday, the English players along with their West Indies counterparts took a knee. England had taken a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in their home series against West Indies last year. (Inputs from UNI)