Manchester United star striker Rashford recently defended England pacer Joffre Archer, who was subjected to racist remarks by a fan, saying he was the country's hero. Archer was racially commented by a fan on the fifth day of the first Test match played against New Zealand at the Oval ground.

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On this matter, Rashford said, "He is a great talent and already a hero of the country. You deserve better brother, so keep doing your work." Indeed, Archer tweeted on Monday that, "It was disheartening for me to hear racist remarks while batting while protecting my team from defeat." The fast bowler wrote in a tweet that, "This week the audience was great, except one man, the Barmy Army was brilliant."

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This match was played in New Zealand. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has apologized to Archer on the tweet. The NZC tweeted that, "The security forces deployed on the ground could not identify the person. NZC will investigate CCTV footage and investigate against the person responsible for it." He said, "We have a zero-tolerance policy on the use of the wrong language in our own places and we will refer the matter to the police."

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