Ollie Robinson suspended in next match after his debut: England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was suspended from the team after his debut match.

New Delhi: Every cricketer has a dream to make his dream debut for the national team, but what happens when a player is suspended from all formats after the debut match itself. A similar story is that of England’s fast bowler Ollie Robinson, when he was dropped from the team despite a strong performance on debut due to his social media posts. However, later when the matter was resolved and the controversy ended, he returned to the England team.

Actually, the whole matter is that in the year 2021, Ollie Robinson got a chance to debut in the Lord’s Test against New Zealand. Everything was fine till the start of the match, but as soon as Robinson entered the field, there was an uproar on social media. The controversy was arising over some of his social media posts which he had made in 2012-13. Robbins probably didn’t even remember about that social media post.

Is Robinson’s social media post

Let us tell you that when Robinson was playing his first test match against New Zealand at Lord’s, his 8-9 year old old posts (tweets) started going viral. When Robinson posted this, he was about 18-19 years old. These tweets of Robinson were racist and sexist, in which he wrote objectionable things about women, Asian people and Muslims.

After Robinson’s social media post went viral, the England and Wales Cricket Board immediately started an investigation. After this, as soon as the first Test was over, Robinson was suspended until the investigation was completed. As punishment, after investigation, he was banned for 8 matches. Not only this, he also had to pay 3200 pounds as fine.

Robinson had apologized

Ollie Robinson apologized unconditionally after the social media post controversy. He said that he was foolish and irresponsible at that time and he is deeply ashamed of his actions. He clarified that he is not that person anymore. The matter did not end here, the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sports Minister Oliver Dowden defended Robinson and said that suspending him now for tweets made a decade ago was an excessive action.

How is Robinson’s career?

Robinson’s career was deeply affected after he got involved in controversy in his debut match. This is the reason why in the last five years, he has got a chance to play only 20 Tests for England. In this he has taken 76 wickets. Robinson last played for England in the Ranchi Test against India in February 2024.