Debate as celebrations 'exclude' two England stars

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England's celebrations pursuing the T20 World Cup triumph person divided opinions aft its Muslim players were forced to measurement retired of the representation for a champagne shower.

After the full squad posed for a photo, with England skipper Jos Buttler holding the World Cup trophy, spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid some made a speedy exit earlier the champagne arrived.

While England and Buttler successful peculiar were praised by immoderate for ensuring that Ali and Rashid would not travel into interaction with alcohol, the motion didn't spell down excessively kindly for others, who believed the usage of non-alcoholic champagne would've been amended truthful their teammates could proceed enjoying the festivities.

Both Ali and Rashid are devout Muslims with Pakistani heritage, and the Islamic religion prohibits the depletion and adjacent indirect interaction with alcohol.

Cricket writer Yas Rana was 1 of the salient voices calling for the customary champagne showers aft a tourney triumph to beryllium changed.

"Why would you privation to exclude immoderate of your players from immoderate portion of what should beryllium 1 of the proudest moments of their careers?" Rana wrote successful Wisden.

"Why would you privation them removed from the images that volition beryllium utilized to observe this accomplishment for years to come?

"Why is showering the squad successful intoxicant a necessary, immovable portion of the celebrations?

"When you person conscionable won a World Cup, wherefore would you want, adjacent for a second, to exclude anyone from the celebrations?"

This isn't the archetypal juncture wherever Ali and Rashid person been caught successful an awkward spot during celebrations, aft being forced to fly arsenic the corks were opened pursuing England's ODI World Cup triumph successful 2019.

There was besides a akin occurrence during past summer's Ashes celebrations, erstwhile Australia's Usman Khawaja exited anterior to the champagne showers, earlier being called backmost by Test skipper Pat Cummins.

"If this video doesn't amusement you that the boys person my back, I don't cognize what will," Khawaja tweeted astatine the clip aft video of Cummins' motion went viral.

"They stopped their mean champagne celebrations truthful I could rejoin.

"Inclusivity successful the crippled and our values arsenic a athletics are truthful important.

"I consciousness similar we are trending successful the close direction."

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