Australian journalist compares Indian cricket fans to Nazis; Here is what happened next-

NewsBharati    21-Oct-2023 10:42:15 AM
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A clip is going viral on social media that has left Indian furious in which an Australian journalist named Gideon Haigh has compared Indian cricket fans to Nazi supporters. This came after ‘The Grade Cricketer’, a popular YouTube channel which primarily discusses Indian cricket had an interview with the Australian journalist.
 
The YouTube channel is run by two Australian cricket enthusiasts Sam Perry and Ian Higgins who had invited Haigh as a guest for its 250th episode titled ‘How Do You Beat India?’ on Tuesday (October 17).
 
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During the interview, the Australian journalist said, "The sight of all those blue shirts at the Narendra Modi stadium the other night was bizarre. It looked like a Nuremberg rally (Nazi supporters), didn’t it?"
 
He made these remarks after he saw the blue sea of Indians cricket fans present during the live match of India vs Pakistan match of the 2023 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 14th October.
 
Soon after this clip went viral, netizens were furious over this outrageous comparison.
 
 
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra wrote, "Used to be a well-informed journalist. Seems like he stopped attending India World Cup games long back…even the ones that took place in Australia. I’m just waiting for some Indian journalists to use this to validate their own agendas."
 
"Gideon Haigh used to be admired by me. His latest ranting is part of his recent series of ranting on Indian cricket and the Indian Government. This one comparing the Indian cricket fans with f#&king Nazis jist because they wore the team colours has crossed all boundaries, a user wrote.
 
 
Several other users also slammed Haigh.
 
“This is such garbage from Gideon Haigh. I have criticized BCCI for a lot of bungling for this WC. But the home crowd coming out in Blue (the colour of India’s jersey) is a Nuremberg Rally? This is ignorant crap. The home crowd can’t wear the team colour now?” another X (formerly Twitter) user wrote.
 
 
 
 
Hindu advocacy group, SHHAN, tweeted, “If supporting home team is a Nazi-level crime, all countries including Australia are accused of having a “Nazi Nuremberg crowd.”
https://twitter.com/cricketaakash/status/1714827197415030846?s=20
What happened next?
Following the backlash on social media, The Grade Cricketer removed the contentious clip of Gideon Haigh.
But, this is however not the first time that the Australian ‘journalist’ who had erupted controversies over Indian cricket. In February 2021, he wrote a 1000-word article titled ‘Ugly trend that can poison Indian cricket’ wherein he shared his pre-conceived beliefs about the Modi government as facts. He had also went on speak against the farm laws misleading the public.