Cricket Australia face backlash over cheeky tweet on Sachin Tendulkar's birthday
Mumbai: Wishes poured in for the iconic cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of his 45th birthday on Tuesday, but he was not the only cricketer who celebrated his birthday.
Damien Fleming, the former Australian cricketer, also celebrated his 48th birthday on the same day.
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While the entire world wished the ‘Master Blaster’, Cricket Australia’s (CA) official Twitter handle took a different angle to it.
The video is that of Fleming taking a wicket of Tendulkar during an Australia-India ODI match back in 2000.
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The tweet put up by cricket.com.au, read, “Some @bowlologist gold from the man himself - happy birthday, Damien Fleming!”
Some @bowlologist gold from the man himself - happy birthday, Damien Fleming! pic.twitter.com/YcoYA8GNOD
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) April 24, 2018
Twitterati wasted no time in responding to the tweet, as many of the fans also stressed on the former Indian cricketer’s birthday.
No matter how many bans, Australians will never change...ðŸ˜
— शशांक (@iShhhshank) April 24, 2018
On Sachin's Birthday you are posting a video how Damien Fleming bowled him. Couldn't you find another batsman instead of Sachin? #HappyBirthdaySachin
How about This @CricketAus ?
— शशांक (@iShhhshank) April 24, 2018
A Classic cover drive as Birthday gift from one Birthday boy @sachin_rt to another Birthday boy @bowlologist! ðŸ˜ðŸ™ pic.twitter.com/TxF1v11UIr
I think you missed this master stroke from our own @sachin_rt against so called Swing King @bowlologist pic.twitter.com/pv5K3bVjIz
— Kalai Selvan🇮🇳 (@kalais036) April 24, 2018
I see what you guys did here ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. We need some sharjah clips here. Anyways happy Birthday to @bowlologist and the GOD @sachin_rt
— Rajendra raju (@raju666) April 24, 2018
Sachin, who is currently Mumbai Indians’ (MI) team icon in the Indian Premier League (IPL), has played 200 Test matches where he has amassed 15,921 runs.
In the 463 ODIs he has played, the Mumbaikar has a total of 18,426 to his name.
Sachin, who has just played one Twenty20 international, retired from international cricket after a Test match against West Indies at his home ground in Wankhede Stadium here back in 2013.
