England Youngster Harry Brook Regrets Hurting India Fans With 'Glad I Could Shut Them Up' Statement
The promising and highly touted youngster from England Harry Brook is currently locking horns with the West Indies as part of an extended white ball series. He started off the campaign well by scoring 72 off 71 balls to guide England to a huge total of 325. However, the West Indies took the English pacers to the cleaners and chased down the mighty total with seven runs to spare.
Prior to the matchup, Brook appeared for an interview, wherein he recalled an embarrassing incident that happened during the IPL that forced him to quit social media. Harry Brook bagged a 13.25 crore contract from Sunrisers Hyderabad during the last IPL auction. However, the excitement of the franchise was doused as the youngster failed to show consistency. Besides the century against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Brook’s numbers were largely underwhelming.
However, the century got to Harry Brook’s head as he passed a controversial statement shortly after. Owing to his subpar performance, the batter was subject to online criticism from the Indian fans, who naturally had high expectations.
Thus, after scoring the tonne, Brook hit back, saying, “There are a lot of Indian fans out there who’ll say well done night. But they were slagging me off a few days ago. Glad I could shut them up.”
Needless to say, the Indian fans were hurt, and the trolling only intensified. Months later, Harry Brook clarified and expressed regret over the incident.
Brook said, "I was an idiot, and I said that stupid thing in an interview, which I regret a little bit. In India, you end up sitting in your hotel room with not much to do, so I find myself just scrolling through Instagram or Twitter or whatever and coming across stuff you just don't want to see," Brook told BBC Sport.