'If you can't respect players, don't come to stadiums': Irfan Pathan
'If you can't respect players, don't come to stadiums': Irfan Pathan
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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Sunday condemned the racial abuse at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The pacer said that spectators should not come to the stadium if they can't respect players on the field.

Taking to Twitter the former all-rounder wrote, "If you are not respecting players on the field then don't come to the stadium... #Ausvsindia."
Many players condemned the inident. India captain  Virat Kohli on Sunday condemned the reported racism abuse. Kohli said racial abuse is "absolutely unacceptable" and needs to be looked at with "absolute urgency".

In the shameful incident, there were some words spoken for Siraj who was fielding near the boundary rope. Both the umpires then had a word with each other and the police then asked a group of men to leave the stand.  The International Cricket Council (ICC) also "strongly condemned" reported incidents of racism and have offered Cricket Australia all necessary support in investigating the incidents.

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