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India cricketer Washington Sundar confirmed that his Twitter account had got hacked. Sundar issued a clarification to his followers on Saturday, June 10, and said that the recent tweets weren’t made by him. Earlier this week, there were a few cryptocurrency tweets made by Sundar’s account leading to speculations of his account getting hacked.
The SunRisers Hyderabad all-rounder issued an official statement and confirmed that his account was indeed hacked and the recent tweets on his account weren’t made by him. On Saturday, he said, “Hey guys, I want to clear that the last few tweets were NOT made by me as I am NOT associated with any of the content that was posted on my Twitter handle.”
Confirming that the issue has been resolved, Sundar said, “The issue has been resolved now and I have undertaken the necessary precautions to secure my account.” The Chennai-born cricketer further apologised to his fans and said, “My sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused. Thank you for your understanding and continuous support.”
Notably, it wasn’t the first instance when the account of an Indian cricketer got compromised. In the past, similar hacking incidents involved Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) player Krunal Pandya and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) accounts. Speaking about Sundar’s career, The Indian all-rounder is currently recuperating from the hamstring injury that he sustained during the Indian Premier League 2023 season. The 23-year-old was ruled out of the later stages of the recently concluded tournament that ended with Chennai Super Kings winning their fifth IPL trophy.
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