- Promotional video for Kayo Sports activities has disappeared
Numerous Aussie cricket stars have come beneath fireplace after showing to mock India in a promotional video for a streaming service.
Kayo Sports activities ran the since-deleted clip forward of the extremely anticipated three-game ODI collection, which begins in Perth on October 19.
The likes of Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alyssa Healy and Alana King all function – and the suggestions was savage on-line from disgruntled Indian supporters, who felt insulted.
‘Actually who likes watching a cricket match involving Australia. There’s all the time some scandal (sandpaper, underarm bowling) and disrespect to the opponents,’ fumed one in response.
‘This reveals how Australians are, they’ve an boastful mentality,’ posted one other.
‘Sportsmanship and Australia are like oil and water… they do not combine,’ provided a 3rd.
Numerous Aussie cricket stars together with Josh Hazlewood (pictured) have come beneath fireplace after showing to mock India in a promotional video
Girls’s star Sophie Molineux opted for the ‘double chook’ on digicam which was astonishing for all of the fallacious causes
Within the Kayo Sports activities video, the Aussie stars had been making mild of India’s refusal to shake fingers with Pakistan gamers throughout the latest Asia Cup.
The Grade Cricketer co-host turned Kayo id Ian Higgins begins by mentioning a ‘important weak spot’ for the Indian stars.
The footage then switches to the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Maxwell, Healy, King, Hazlewood and Sophie Molineux, who provide their very own ‘greetings’ that could possibly be used as an alternative of a handshake.
Molineux raises each her center fingers to the digicam and performs the bras d’honneur or Italian salute gesture, which is equal to saying ‘f**ok you’ or ‘up yours’, whereas Hazlewood’s capturing gesture raised eyebrows.
The clip additionally not seems on Kayo’s social media platforms, particularly TikTok, Instagram and X.
The Each day Mail has contacted Foxtel, which owns Kayo, for remark.
In the meantime, following the three ODIs in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, the 2 nations may also play in 5 T20 matches forward of the T20 World Cup in 2026.
Mitchell Marsh will captain each Australian squads, whereas Indian celebrity Virat Kohli is tipped to play within the ODI collection as he approaches the twilight of his embellished profession.
It may be the final time followers see Kohli (36) and fellow veteran Rohit Sharma (38) on Australian soil – though the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has careworn any retirement selections will likely be left within the fingers of each stars given their standing within the sport.
Each seem unlikely to function within the 2027 ODI World Cup for India.
