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Upset with Tendulkar, scores of Malayalee netizens regret criticism of Sharapova for not knowing him

Thiruvananthpuram
February 5, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Offended by Sachin Tendulkar's tweet on farmers' protest, scores of Keralites flooded tennis star Maria Sharapova's social media pages with messages, apologising for trolling her in 2015 after she had in an interview pleaded ignorance about the cricket icon.

While most messages were apologetic of their previous comments critical of the former World No.1 and lashed out at Tendulkar for his tweet, a few even invited her to come to God's Own Country to enjoy its scenic splendour and attend the iconic Thrissur Pooram once the coronavirus pandemic ended. "Sharapova, you were right about Sachin, that he is not a person of quality that you should know," a social media user commented in Malayalam, as was hundreds of other messages in the south Indian langua ..

The 33-year old multiple grand slam winner on Wednesday posted a tweet, saying "Anyone else got their years confused?" after her twitter and Facebook page got flooded with comments in Malayalam once again like in 2015.

The netizens were upset with Tendulkar, who along with several Bollywood and other cricket stars rallied around the government in its pushback against support from several global celebrities to the farmers' protests against new farm laws. "India's sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let's remain united as a nation," Tendulkar had tweeted.

Known as God of Cricket among his fans, the master blaster had posted the message as part of identical tweets on India's unity posted by celebrities in response to international pop star Rihanna expressing solidarity with the farmers' stir.