The nephew did it: Raina sparks Twitter row over offensive Pakistan tweet
Raina subsequently deleted his offensive tweet, claiming his nephew had accessed his account on his smartphone.
Indian cricketer Suresh Raina claimed that an offensive tweet from his Twitter account, which landed him into the middle of Twitter storm, was apparently put up by his nephew, Cricket Next reported on Friday.
A tweet from Raina’s account following Pakistan’s exit from the World Twenty20 tournament read
The tweet was subsequently deleted.
Raina's Indian cricket team was knocked out of the tournament earlier in the week after Pakistan comprehensively beat Australia, and India failed to restrict South Africa’s run rate.
People from India and Pakistan picked up on the tweet and attacked the cricketer for his seemingly unsporting manner.
On Friday, the under fire cricketer claimed that his nephew had managed to figure out how to access his twitter account through the cricketer’s smartphone. He said in a tweet:
Twitter then descended into a frenzy blowing from condemning Raina for his tweet, to jokes about his nephew after the clarification came. Others yet compared Raina’s tweet to Shahid Afridi’s comment about Indian’s not being “big-hearted.”
A number of twitter hashtags then began to trend from #Rainanephew to #replacemovietitlewithnephew to joke about or discuss the controversey.
Here are some tweets from the episode which continues on Twitter.
Gandhi: Father of the nation. Nargis: Mother of the nation. Sonia Gandhi: Daughter-in-Law of the nation. Suresh Raina: Nephew of the nation.
It's fine Raina called Pakistani team besharam & blamed it on his nephew, but he uses Blackberry, How can he call it a smartphone? OUTRAGE
Suresh Raina tweets calling the Pakistani team "besharam" for losing. Then blames tweet on his nephew. Who is the real besharam here?
Raina's tweet is still better than Afridi's 'Indians are not large-hearted' comment
A tweet from Raina’s account following Pakistan’s exit from the World Twenty20 tournament read
“Ek do din late gaye ghar !!!! Woh bhi besharam ki tarah Gaye... Bye bye Pakistan!!!!" (Went home a day or two late!! But dishonourably ... Bye Bye Pakistan).
The tweet was subsequently deleted.
Raina's Indian cricket team was knocked out of the tournament earlier in the week after Pakistan comprehensively beat Australia, and India failed to restrict South Africa’s run rate.
People from India and Pakistan picked up on the tweet and attacked the cricketer for his seemingly unsporting manner.
On Friday, the under fire cricketer claimed that his nephew had managed to figure out how to access his twitter account through the cricketer’s smartphone. He said in a tweet:
"Smart phones r dangerous. Discovered it last night after my nephew posted random tweets. I'm a sportsman and would never disrespect,"
Twitter then descended into a frenzy blowing from condemning Raina for his tweet, to jokes about his nephew after the clarification came. Others yet compared Raina’s tweet to Shahid Afridi’s comment about Indian’s not being “big-hearted.”
A number of twitter hashtags then began to trend from #Rainanephew to #replacemovietitlewithnephew to joke about or discuss the controversey.
Here are some tweets from the episode which continues on Twitter.
Gandhi: Father of the nation. Nargis: Mother of the nation. Sonia Gandhi: Daughter-in-Law of the nation. Suresh Raina: Nephew of the nation.
It's fine Raina called Pakistani team besharam & blamed it on his nephew, but he uses Blackberry, How can he call it a smartphone? OUTRAGE
Suresh Raina tweets calling the Pakistani team "besharam" for losing. Then blames tweet on his nephew. Who is the real besharam here?
Raina's tweet is still better than Afridi's 'Indians are not large-hearted' comment