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.”
Indian fans jumped in too, though their team had just lost to Australia.
Other tweeps were delighted with Australians uniting to respond to the ultra-right nationalist politician.
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.
