India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's fans gathered outside his house in Mumbai to stand in support of him. He was slammed after his post on the ongoing farmers' protest in the country.
Tendulkar had opposed the interference of the celebrities like pop star Rihanna in India's affairs by tweeting with the hashtag #IndiaTogether. He received a lot of flak on social media for his tweet and there was also a derogatory trend against the India cricket great on Twitter.
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Fans gathered outside Tendulkar's residence in Mumbai to show their support. There were chants of 'Sachin Sachin' and 'We Support Sachin' for the ex-India cricketer, who was treated like God of cricket by many of the fans.
Earlier, Kerala pacer Sreesanth had come in support of Tendulkar over the outrage. He posted a tweet and said Sachin is an emotion and there are a lot of cricketers in the country who started playing cricket because of him.
"Sachin Paaji is an emotion. He’s the reason many boys like me aspired to play for our country. No words can express my love nd gratitude for @sachin_rt paaji. Thank u for being born in India. U have and u will always be the pride of India. #IStandWithSachin #NationWithSachin", he tweeted.