Twitter outrage as Sharapova says I don't know Sachin

The Russian found herself in the eye of a social media storm over her saying she doesn't know who Tendulkar is

Furious and outraged reactions of Indian fans came pouring in on Twitter and Facebook, after a website tennisworldusa.org reported that Maria Sharapova had no idea about who cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar was.
 

Sharapova was reportedly asked, " Sachin Tendulkar  was the other person who came in at the same time as David. Do you know who Sachin is?" To which the French Open winner replied: "I don't."

Soon after, outraged fans took to Twitter and Facebook to express their shock. Jingoistic fans with the purpose of teaching the Five-time grand slam winner a lesson, even started a ‘Who is Maria Sharapova’ twitter trend. 
 

 

The Tennis star’s Faceook page that has nearly 13.6 million likes was trashed with abusive and insulting jibes at the five-time grand slam winner.

The web since then has seen thousands of tweets and posts against the tennis star. Memes have been made by these fans casting the French Open winner in a bad light.
 

Who is Maria Sharapova? This is Sachin Tendulkar who respects his game. Learn from him. pic.twitter.com/3sCZ8Ir8qN

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 2, 2014

The Girl who said God doesn't exist. Who is Maria Sharapova

— Akash Yadav (@akashtaker001) July 3, 2014

Who is Maria Sharapova ? #NationWantsToKnow pic.twitter.com/nce5Zz4j8s

— ???? ?????? (@gajendrakadel) July 3, 2014

While a majority of the Twitter population were seen bashing the tennis star, some did come out in support on twitter.

Jingoistic Sachin Tendulkar fans trending - Who is Maria Sharapova. Guys the joke is on us.Attacking her shows #Indians in such poor light.

— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) July 3, 2014

So Sharapova doesn't know who Sachin Tendulkar is.How&why should that hurt our Indian pride?Why is our ego so fragile?or outrage comes easy?

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) July 3, 2014

With reactions as harsh as these one would deem it absolutely unnecessary and unfair to crucify Sharapova over a remark like that. Considering how cricket as a sport is played in just 10 countries, it is highly likely that legends of the game even as famous as Sachin Tendulkar might go unnoticed in other parts of the world.

Interestingly, the little master is known to be good friends with Roger Federer, whose match he had gone to see at the Wimbledon.