NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund has slammed racial abuse on social media, saying that he has himself been at the receiving end of insults and ridicule for his skin tone.
In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Mukund, who featured in the first Test against Sri Lanka in the ongoing series and scored 81 in the second innings, expressed his disappointment at some of the messages sent to him targeting his skin tone.
The left-handed Tamil Nadu batsman, however, made it clear that his statement had nothing to do with any member of the Indian cricket team.
Further, the 27-year-old said that he has been subjected to this abuse for long and it has not ended.
His statement evoked a strong response from his fans, who praised him for sharing his thoughts on the subject.
Bengal cricketer Manoj Tiwary, replying to him, tweeted,
In his latest post this morning, the 27-year-old Mukund made it clear that his statement has nothing to do with Indian team.
He further appealed to not politicize the issue.
Mukund has played seven Tests for India and is yet to make his ODI debut.