Mitchell Marsh breaks silence on putting feet on World Cup trophy

After the completion of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, a new controversy had erupted as Australian cricketer Mitchell Marsh’s photo on keeping his feet on the trophy went viral.

Several fans across India were shocked by the picture. They also felt very bad with the development. The World Cup trophy in India is considered in different prospective. The fans felt that by keeping his feet on the trophy, Marsh disrespected the silverware.

Responding to the development, Indian speedster Mohammed Shami had said that he felt sad after looking at the picture. The Indian pacer was part of the Indian team for the all-important final against Australia.

After leaving India following the completion of the World Cup, Marsh has given many interviews to local newspapers and television channels. When in one of the interviews, Marsh was asked about the photo, he said that there was no disrespect to the trophy in that act. He further said that if they win the World Cup again, he will do that again.

“Yeah probably, to be honest, there was obviously no disrespect meant in that photo at all. I haven’t given it too much thought, I haven’t seen a lot on social media even though everyone tells me it’s gone off. There’s nothing in that,” said Marsh.

Notably, netizens were divided when the controversial photo went viral. While majority of the Indian fans bashed Marsh for his ‘disrespectful’ act, some defended him by saying that it could look ugly from the perspective of the Indian culture. However, to Australians, keeping a feet on the trophy is an act of showing their dominance on world and not necessarily disrespecting the silverware.