Wrong Tweet Costs A Young Cricketer Dearly

One wrong tweet has ruined the IPL dreams of promising young cricketer Harpreet Singh. Incorrect social media news updates that mixed up the names of Mumbai left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh and in-form Madhya Pradesh batsman Harpreet Singh have resulted in the latter losing a chance to be picked by any IPL franchise.

During the IPL auction on Monday, several news feeds named Harpreet as the cricketer who was arrested earlier in the day for driving his car straight to the platform of Andheri railway station in Mumbai. It was in fact Harmeet who had broken the law.

Though the names in the news updates were corrected later but it was too late. According to a franchise representative, Harpreet remained unsold at the auction as he saw an incorrect tweet of Harpreet’s arrest. “We wanted to buy him, but as news came of Harpreet’s arrest, we decided not to do so since it would give the franchise a bad image. But later, when the auction got over, we came to know it was Harmeet and not Harpreet,” said a franchise official.

Both, Harpreet and Harmeet have represented India at the junior level. Harpreet has been a consistent player for Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, Harmeet no longer finds a place in any of the Mumbai teams.

“I’m mentally disturbed.. I have got a bad name. How can one clear that? I am getting calls from everyone asking what have you done. I was hoping to be picked up at the IPL auction. When my name came, the franchises must have felt why take a player who is in police custody. I am not bothered about IPL now, it’s gone. But even if you run a search on my name on Google, the first thing that comes up is that I was arrested,” Harpreet said.