The 'Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Police' Needs To Take A Rest, A Shove Is Not A Crime

It took one shove and the 'Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Moral Police' was out in full force. But the 15-year-old doesn't need lectures, all he needs is understanding, now more than ever.

There has been a lot of criticism about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for shoving the Sri Lankan cricketer, Vishen Halambage, during Monday’s tense match between India A and Sri Lanka A in a one-day Tri-Series fixture. Some of it has been fair, like reminders of how cricket is a non-contact sport, but most of it is extremely over-the-top.

For starters, cricket is a rare sport where even a push is considered not just against the rules, but outright sacrilegious. Most other sports understand that things can get heated, and there are emotions felt that need an outlet somewhere, which can be the opponent as long as it doesn’t cross the line.

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Sooryavanshi, at best, just dabbled in that line. We can only judge by video replays — because neither team’s cricketers will reveal the details anytime soon — and from that, it was obvious that Sooryavanshi was calmly walking back after missing the last ball of the Super-Over while........

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