1) When India lost to Pakistan in T20 cricket world cup, all India players were trolled on social media But, Pakistan played major role in targeting Indian player Mohammed Shami so that they can make narrative that Shami was targeted only because of his religion. Here is thread
2) On 24 Oct 2021: Agent Shami On 25 Oct 2021: Pakistan Stand With Shami. On twitter, this information warfare to target Mohammad Shami was started by Pakistan Strategic Forum & its followers. Archive links: 1. https://t.co/el0KEgCvq6 2.
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3) Many accounts from Pakistan tweeted that Indian player Mohammad Shami is ISI agent & playing for Pakistan.
4) Shami bus abh musalman honey ka saboot de — Sugar Kaka from Islamabad, Pakistan.
5) Bik gaya Shami... Nikal ja Bharat se... Pakistan chala ja... Bharat ka gaddar... This is by Alitaza from Pakistan.
6) On Instagram. Comment section: Shami is undercover agent of ISI. Account name: Faiz Rasool Sial from Pakistan.
7) Instagram: At that time, many fake accounts were also created on Instagram just to target & abuse Shami. And, most of them were disappeared after the outrage over Shami. Some comments via accounts from Pakistan are still there (check the last one: its_faisal_bangash)
8) Pakistan Media also played major role. After the match, Pakistani journalist Mubasher Lucman said that Mohammed Shami was made the scapegoat by Virat Kohli during the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan because Shami is a Muslim player.
9) Whatever I showed you in this thread is just a sample. Yes, it's a fact that even Indians were trolling at that time but all the Indian cricket players were trolled, not just Mohammed Shami. But, here Pakistan used it as an opportunity to create a narrative on Mohammed Shami
