DUBAI: Pacer Arshdeep Singh, only 23 years of age, may have been subjected to mean social-media trolling after he dropped a sitter from Asif Ali's bat in a crucial India-Pakistan match on Sunday, but he had been insulated from real-life abuse here in Dubai. Until Tuesday night.
As a group of journalists, we generally leave the Dubai International Cricket Stadium more or less at the same time, when Team India's bus leaves. The players come out of the gate adjacent to the media box. There are usually 75-100 people cheering the players as they board the bus. On Tuesday night, after India's defeat to Sri Lanka, there were around 20.
