Anushka Sharma on Being Trolled for Pic With Indian Cricket Team in England: This Topic is of Absolutely No Substance

A couple of days back, a picture of Anushka Sharma with Team India was shared online on BCCI's official Twitter page. The group photo, which was taken in London, received a lot of backlash by Twitterati as people called out to the actress asking her if she was a part of Team India to be in that pic. What enraged netizens even more was the fact that Indian Cricket Team Captain Ajinkya Rahane had to stand in the last row, while Anushka stood in his place in the front row. So, when Anushka was asked at the trailer launch of Sui Dhaaga today to justify that, she declined to get drawn into the controversy, saying she does not engage with trolls.

The 30-year-old actor said her presence in the group photo did not flout any norms. "Whoever had to make a clarification that has been made. This was a trolling activity. I don’t react to trolls, I don’t give attention to them," said Anushka.

"Whatever happened, has happened within the guidelines. Whatever will happen, will always happen within the guidelines. This is a topic of absolutely no substance,” Anushka told reporters at the trailer launch of Sui Dhaaga in Mumbai. The photograph, in which Anushka and her husband, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, are seen standing in the front, was taken at the Indian High Commissioner’s office in London during an official dinner.

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI), which shared the picture on their official Twitter handle, also faced backlash from fans who claimed the cricket body had flouted norms by not inviting wives or girlfriends of other cricketers. BCCI sources later told a leading daily that Anushka was invited by the High Commissioner and his wife and her presence was within the guidelines.

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