Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan and coach Brendon McCullum’s historical post might come back to haunt them with Shah Rukh Khan-owned Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise set to take action on the issue. The 2018 tweets had come to light after England paceman Ollie Robinson’s suspension by England Cricket Board (ECB) for historical racial and sexist tweets.
In a social media exchange of 2018, England limited-overs captain Morgan and English and Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler engaged in an exchange in which they used the word ‘Sir’ to mock Indian fans. The two were later joined by former New Zealand skipper McCullum.
“We don’t know enough about it to comment at this time. Let’s wait for the process to be completed to get all the facts before we jump to any conclusions. Just to reiterate, the Knight Riders organisation has ‘zero tolerance’ for any sort of discrimination,” KKR CEO Venky Mysore was quoted as saying by a cricket website on Wednesday night.
“Although there are questions over the precise context of the tweets, they were written at a time when Buttler and Morgan were established England players and have caused offence on social media,” a report in UK Telegraph said about the two English players’ Twitter comments.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which had acted swiftly on Ollie Robinson social media comments by suspending him, has ordered an investigation. The ECB provided a statement to this website on Wednesday night.
