‘Beef’ on Indian team’s lunch menu at Lord’s sparks Twitter war

While the fans are closely following the ongoing test match between India and England at Lord’s cricket ground, something else about the Lord’s caught the attention of the  Twitterati.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a pic of lunch menu for the teams.

A well earned Lunch for #TeamIndia.

You prefer? #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/QFqcJyjB5J

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 11, 2018

Though items like grilled chicken, chicken tikka curry, paneer tikka curry, dahl makhani, chocolate mousse were present on the menu, a certain something grabbed the most attention. The presence of  ‘braised beef pasta’ did not go down well with some of the Indian Twitter users.

Why beef is there in menu for the INDIAN TEAM????

— Ajay Tati (@tati_ajay) August 11, 2018

Beef? How this allowed?

— Pankaj Bhayani (@pankaj_bhayani) August 11, 2018

बीफ़ खाओगे तो ऐसे ही खेल पाओगे,
तुम लोग ही देश के युवाओं को गुमराह करते हो, ओर बीफ़ खाने के लिये प्रेरित….
सुधर जाओ @BCCI अभी भी वक़्त है

— Jeevan 🚩[राष्ट्रवादी]🚩 (@Jeevan_sanchore) August 11, 2018

हमारे भारतीय खिलाड़ियों के लिए बीफ परोसा जा रहा है कितने शर्म की बात है कि @BCCI उसको बड़े गर्व से ट्वीट भी कर रहा है…….. जरा सोचिए

— DIMPLE GUPTA (@guptadimple385) August 11, 2018

While some were busy blaming BCCI for the menu, others came to rescue

Kyun bawaal macha rahe ho Beef per? That’s a just a Menu and that too outside India!! Ab angrej bhi anti national ho gaye kya?

— IamIndian (@Unfuk_Withable) August 11, 2018

Lol. This is the combined menu for both teams. I don’t think BCCI is stupid enough to feed the team beef and tweet it publicly.

— Nana Siddharth (@NanaSiddharth) August 11, 2018

To kya halwa puri milegi??

— Rakesh Mhatre (@Rakesh6497) August 11, 2018