British politician says celebration with alcohol ruined because of Muslim cricket player, Twitter roasts him, calls it ‘team spirit’

Nigel Farage, former broadcaster and head of Brexit Party, has been roasted on Twitter for a tweet in which he berated the Australian cricket team for not celebrating “champagne style” after winning World Test Championship (WTC) because of Muslim opener Usman Khawaja.

Farage posted a tweet on Sunday after Australia won the WTC at the Oval in London and chose not to celebrate with champagne, as teams traditionally do, out of respect for their Muslim teammate.

“Once again the Australian cricket team do not celebrate in champagne style because 1 of the team members is a Muslim. Are we all to suspend normal life because of the minority,” he wrote.

The tweet got slammed by fans of the game, with nearly every nationality joining in for a bit of Farage bashing.

Cricket writer Kit Harris rebuked Farage in a scathing tweet that begun, “It’s called “mateship”. I know it doesn’t exist in politics, but it does in sport — especially Australian sport.”

It’s called “mateship”. I know it doesn’t exist in politics, but it does in sport — especially Australian sport. When it comes to the Australian cricket team, Usman Khawaja isn’t a “minority”. He’s their opening batsman. I imagine the players felt the tradition of taking a… https://t.co/4Nk74F6pHl

— Kit Harris (@cricketkit) June 11, 2023

Indian fans jumped in too, though their team had just lost to Australia.

It's called being decent. They would do the same for a Jewish or Hindu colleague. They can always have a drink afterward without Khwaja. https://t.co/P285NVMXMw

— IndiaExplained (@IndiaExplained) June 12, 2023

Other tweeps were delighted with Australians uniting to respond to the ultra-right nationalist politician.

I do love how this has united Australia against Nigel. It’s like the olympics but we’re fighting a much better fight https://t.co/1GPKlqKGZJ

— Toyota Yaris Varoufakis (@misskylie77) June 12, 2023

Usman Khawaja himself posted what seems to be an indirect reply to Farage on Instagram, posting a picture of himself celebrating with a diet Coke.

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