Arshdeep Singh's parents take the trolling in a 'positive manner'

Following Indias fivewicket loss to Pakistan at the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 parents of pacer Arshdeep Singh offered words of support and encouragement to their son and the entire India team and added that the family is taking all the comments on internet in a positive wayThe 23yearold Indian pacer is under pressure for dropping an important catch in the 18th over of Pakistans innings against India in the Super Four phase clash while the former were chasing 182 runsSingh had dropped Asif Ali who took full advantage of the lifeline given to him as Pakistan hit pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 19 runs in the next over Arshdeep Singh was given the final over to defend seven runs but was unsuccessfulArshdeep became the target of vicious online trolling after he dropped the crucial catch The word India was replaced with Khalistan on Singhs Wikipedia page by an anonymous user even as another editor shortly undid these changes Reportedly some handles from Pakistan also became active Arshdeeps father Darshan Singh said that the family was watching the matchEveryone wants their team to win When it does not happen fans take out their anger on players through their words We are taking this all in a positive manner The match was pretty nice said Darshan to ANIDarshan said that he has talked to Arshdeep and he is currently unaffected by the comments on the internet and is instead looking towards the next game against Sri Lanka focusing on the positives and negatives of the previous game Pacers mother Daljeet Kaur also said that though the match against Pakistan was lost it is normal for mistakes to happenPeoples work is to talk If they criticise a player they do so because they love him and want him to do good We are taking it comments on the internet positively We were praying that Arshdeep would stop those two runs Dropped catches are a part of the game But he made up for it in the next over he addedArshdeeps parents hope that India and Pakistan meet for the third time during the final and India walks out with the trophy for the eighth time They urged the fans to stay patient and support Team IndiaAlso Read I do not think Team India will be under any pressure Sri Lanka captain ShanakaNotably The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has taken note of the edited Wikipedia page linking cricketer Arshdeep Singh to Khalistan and MeitY is expected to initiate action on Wikipedia said sourcesThe Ministry of Electronics and Technology on Monday said that no intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation after cricketer Arshdeep Singhs Wikipedia page was edited by an unregistered user linking him to the separatist Khalistani movementNo intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation and deliberate efforts to incitement and user harm violates our govts expectation of Safe amp Trusted Internet tweeted Rajeev Chandrasekhar MoS Electronics and TechnologyPictures were shared on social media stating that he was named in Khalistan squad for the 2018 under19 World Cup The edit history of Arshdeeps Wikipedia page revealed that the user who made those changes was unregistered and was using the internet protocol IP address 3941171125 The user also edited his name to Major Arshdeep Singh Langra and a minute later to Major Arshdeep Singh Bajwa Many random changes were done to Singhs game statisticsThe address allocation records showed that the particular address was allocated to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited PTCLIndian cricket fraternity has also come out in support of the young pacer who had dropped a crucial catch in the 18th over of the matchIndian batter Virat Kohli had some strong words in his support and said Even when I played my first game against Pakistan in Champions Trophy I played a bad shot and got out Anyone can make mistakes under pressure It is natural to feel bad The team environment is great right now credit for this goes to management and the captain So one must accept his mistake address it and look forward to being in that pressure situation once again said Kohli in a postmatch press conference on SundayHe was backed by the former India spinner Harbhajan Singh who stated that no one drops catches purposely and the young seamer should not be criticizedStop criticising young arshdeepsinghh No one drops a catch purposelywe are proud of our boys Pakistan played better shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout Arsh and the team Arsh is GOLD Harbhajan tweetedComing to the match put to bat first by Pakistan India put on 1817 in their 20 overs Chasing 182 Pakistan crossed the finishing line with one ball to spare and by a margin of five wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete 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