In a new low for Indian fraternity, the 10-month-old daughter of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma received rape threats, after the Indian captain supported Mohammad Shami over religious discrimination calling it the “most pathetic thing” to do as a human being.
Mohammad Shami was singled out by trolls following India’s defeat against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. However, Kohli came out in support of Shami saying nothing can their brotherhood cannot be shaken.
Following some people resorted to online abuse. They targeted the couple and did not even spare Kohli’s nine-month-old daughter, and issued rape threats.
Notably, a tweet by now-deleted account @Criccrazyygirl issuing a rape threat to Vamika Kohli called for the toddler’s photo to be revealed while issuing a rape threat.
After the barbaric tweet, many, including former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, started calling out the trolls for targeting Kohli’s family and passing absurd and awful comments directed towards the 10-month-old girl.
Inzamam said that he was deeply hurt to see there were those who threatened Kohli’s daughter following India’s loss against New Zealand.
“I heard that threats are being given to Virat Kohli’s daughter. People need to understand it’s just a sport, we might be playing for different countries but we are a part of the same community. You have every right to criticise Kohli’s batting or his captaincy but nobody has the right to target a cricketer’s family. Few days back, something similar happened with Mohammed Shami. Victory and loss is a part of the game. I was deeply hurt to see people attacking Kohli’s family,” Inzamam said on his YouTube channel.