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Troll Goes Too Far: Indian Cricket Team Captain's 10-Month-Old Toddler Threatened With Rape

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In a shocking incident, Twitter user @Criccrazyygirl threatened Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's 10-month-old daughter with rape."Waiting for Vamika Photos to get revealed so that we can fcuk her," reads the screenshot.On 1 November the account was deleted and @Criccrazyygirl's identity is yet to be verified. According to Mohammed Zubair, who is a fact-checker and co-founder of Alt News, the alleged Twitter account belongs to a "right-wing troll" from the Southern part of India.On 31 October, Kohli hit out at social media trolls for abusing fast bowler Mohammed Shami following the team's loss to Pakistan in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup."Attacking someone over their religion is the most, I would say, a pathetic thing that a human being can do," skipper Kohli said.Hours after Kohli's comments, he was also targeted on social media. This is not the first time India's cricket team has been trolled on Twitter. In 2020, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's five-year-old daughter Ziva Dhoni was also issued rape threats. Later, a 16-year-old boy from the Indian state of Gujarat was arrested.

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Troll Goes Too Far: Indian Cricket Team Captain's 10-Month-Old Toddler Threatened With Rape

15:43 GMT 01.11.2021 (Updated: 18:47 GMT 19.10.2022)

© AP Photo / Jon SuperIndia's captain Virat Kohli reacts during the presentation ceremony after their loss on the fourth day of third test cricket match between England and India, at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, England, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021

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Since Pakistan's victory over the Indian cricket team in a T20 World Cup match on 24 October, Indian cricket player Mohammed Shami, who is Muslim, was abused online for his performance.

In a shocking incident, Twitter user @Criccrazyygirl threatened Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli's 10-month-old daughter with rape.

"Waiting for Vamika Photos to get revealed so that we can fcuk her," reads the screenshot.

On 1 November the account was deleted and @Criccrazyygirl's identity is yet to be verified.

This makes me want to puke. Rape threats to a toddler from the RW because @imVkohli did the decent thing called out bigotry & supported his teammate. These bigots belong in jail pic.twitter.com/WaTLjIQCDb
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) October 31, 2021

According to Mohammed Zubair, who is a fact-checker and co-founder of Alt News, the alleged Twitter account belongs to a "right-wing troll" from the Southern part of India.

Lol nice try to distance yourself. The account @Criccrazyygirl is not from Pakistan but a Right Wing troll from Hyderabad. His earlier accounts were : @Criccrazyygirl, @ramanheist & @pellikuturuhere.
Here, unique 'data-user-id' (1386685474182369290) is same for all 3 accounts. https://t.co/qIVkcJRN6t pic.twitter.com/AmRlL9J7jb
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) October 31, 2021

On 31 October, Kohli hit out at social media trolls for abusing fast bowler Mohammed Shami following the team's loss to Pakistan in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

"Attacking someone over their religion is the most, I would say, a pathetic thing that a human being can do," skipper Kohli said.

Hours after Kohli's comments, he was also targeted on social media.

Appalled by the stomach-churning tweets/messages of those heinous critters that sent #ViratKohli & Anushka Sharma rape threats of/about their new born baby!
These sick ignominious abominable undeads have set the new-unpardonable-low!
— حنان (@hananbhatt) October 31, 2021

I’m super proud of India and their youth today!! We have progressed so much as a nation.

1. Brining religion into sports and abusing sport stars
2. Giving Virat Kohli 10 Month Old daughter rape threats
3. Abusing women
4. Discriminating muslims

GROW UP!!
— Kaushal Reddy Ottem (@innovatewithkau) November 1, 2021

Kohli and Anushka’s 10-month-old daughter is getting rape threats because he decided to stand by his Muslim teammate, call out bigotry, and say discrimination on the basis of religion is wrong.

A 10-month-old child.

This is the India that we let happen.
— Andre Borges (@borges) October 31, 2021

This is not the first time India's cricket team has been trolled on Twitter. In 2020, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's five-year-old daughter Ziva Dhoni was also issued rape threats. Later, a 16-year-old boy from the Indian state of Gujarat was arrested.