Year ender 2017: When Indian sports personalities lost their cool on social media
29 Dec 2017 2:36 PM IST
Take a look at the incidents that made the headlines in the past year.
(Photo: AP / PTI)- Team India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan landed in South Africa on Friday without his family, and wasted no time in venting his anger over his wife and kids being stranded at Dubai airport. While the Delhi batsman could board the flight to Cape Town, his family were told to produce birth certificates and other documents of his kids, if they were to board the Emirates airways from Dubai. Dhawan took to Twitter to share his dissatisfaction over the service by the airline company. (Photo: Viral Bhayani / Deccan Chronicle)
- Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja became furious when one of his fans congratulated him, calling him as 'Ajay' Jadeja., the former cricketer. The incident took place after the final Test against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, which ended in a draw. Ravindra took to Twitter to express his anger, and was ashamed that people did not even remember his name after playing years of international cricket. (Photo: AP)
- Aakash Chopra was in the headlines once again, when he tweeted that Ajinkya Rahane could bat at number 3, wich could be a good practice for the South Africa series. this took place during India's bilateral series against Sri Lanka earlier this month. Reacting to this, Vinod Kambli asked him about this, to which Chopra avoided to answer. (Photo: Twitter / PTI)
- Indian tennis stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were involved in a war of words when the latter asked Bhupathi about his place in the four-player squad for the Davis Cup. Despite getting objections from Bhupathi, Paes confirmed that Davis Cup was his first priority over ATP Challenger series. (Photo: PTI)
- Shuttler PV Sindhu had a day to forget on November 4 when one of the ground staff had behaved rudely with her. This made her furious and took to Twitter to share her forgettable experience. (Photo: AP)
- Aakash Chopra made the headlines for the worng reasons earlier this year when he was asked if former Kerala pacer S Sreesanth could make a comeback. When a fan asked him this, he replied with a definite 'NO'. To this, Sreesanth responded angrily, saying that he would still try to make a comeback. Sreesanth was banned from any activities in cricket, after he was found gulty in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing saga in 2013. (Photo: BCCI / AP)
- Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is very often known for his humorous tweets on Twitter. Following the Indian women's cricket team's loss to England in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup, Journalist Piers Morgan took to Twitter to ask Sehwag, 'You OK, buddy @virendersehwag?. To this, 'Viru' just replied that the entire nation was just proud of the team reaching the final. Following this, a lot of fans took to Twitter to troll the duo. (Photo: AP)
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Take a look at the incidents that made the headlines in the past year.
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