When we hear someone talk about their quest in life, we are immediately reminded of Ananya Pandey and her infamous ‘struggle’ comment. But she isn’t the only star kid who was trolled for being tone-deaf with their comments.
Hats off to @SiddhantChturvD
He nailed @ananyapandayy with that last sentence
Koffee with Karan😆😆 pic.twitter.com/6Guiu8HjUA— BihariBabu (@mayanksledger) January 1, 2020
Recently, Anil Kapoor’s son Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor was mocked online for talking about his struggle of not being able to afford a new Lamborghini.
Next up in line is popular Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya who is being hilariously and sarcastically trolled. ‘Why’, you ask? Well, he also spoke about this struggle.
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He got the worst of people online after a Twitter user shared a snippet of his interview wherein he spoke about how hard he worked hard to make a comeback. He said how he used to sleep at 9:30 pm and wake up at 5:00 am (7.5 hours of sleep) to train.
“No one knows what I went through the six months that I was off. I’ve gotten up at 5 in the morning to make sure I train. I slept at 9:30 the night for four months. I always worked hard in my life and it has always given me the result I wanted.”
People were stumped with his 7.5-hour sleep schedule and mocked him like there’s no tomorrow.
Struggling to see the “struggle” in a 7.5 hour sleep schedule, but filing this away in the list of “elite athlete struggles” that currently contains Yastika Bhatia’s forsaking of chicken biryani. pic.twitter.com/XnVoG7NPmj
— Vaishnavi Bhaskaran (@vaishbhaskaran) June 12, 2022
Bruh that's the routine of any international cricketer, i don't know what new did he do lmao https://t.co/29Yy76G0yk
— 2405 (@ur_mom_a_h0e) June 12, 2022
Thats the schedule of all the ordinary gujjus I know 💀 https://t.co/1VoskWH9wt
— RoHeeti_45 (@pracheetijoshi) June 12, 2022
Laughed when I first read this from Hardik. This is your only job…you need to be good at it.
— Ganesh V (@ganeshkyaba) June 12, 2022
Right? So random. You’re working hard to put yourself in a good position. How else will he buy 5cr watches and get into trouble with customs?
— Vaishnavi Bhaskaran (@vaishbhaskaran) June 12, 2022
😭🤣 esa struggle har koyi karna chahe ga
— Bleed Blue (@CricCrazyVeena) June 12, 2022
What’s struggling in this
— Hacked Account (@Hackedtwiter) June 12, 2022
He probably had to forgo the other parts of his life mentioned in #koffeewithkaran which for him is the real struggle
— Anand Menon (@I_menonanand) June 12, 2022
The problem is not with him taking pride. All credit to him. The problem is this statement, he seems to imply that he has struggled because of a lifestyle change. Literally 100s of wrestlers at chhatrasal follow this same lifestyle for their lives and that’s just one example
— Ashish Kumar Rai (@ashish_raiii) June 12, 2022
But a lot of people also came in his support arguing that it takes a lot of effort to maintain a strict schedule like his.
To people saying variations of omg he can’t stay out and party anymore- tough titties. That’s part of being an elite athlete-your body is your asset, you do whatever to make sure it functions well. Even the budget king of good times will grow old and has to grow up. 🤷🏻
— Vaishnavi Bhaskaran (@vaishbhaskaran) June 12, 2022
I think your opinion is totally unjustified. He came back from a severe back injury, started bowling 4 overs a match when people didn’t think he’ll bowl again. Led from example, changed his batting style completely. Legitimate to take pride in his hard work
— Sansiddh Jain (@sansiddh) June 12, 2022
Kitna hate de raha bhai ..banda ground se yaha tak aaya hai..bahoot efforts lagte hai top level k consistently perform karna.
— Avisek Rishu Jha (@Abhishe02998747) June 12, 2022
I don’t see a problem here. Getting up at 5 and training hard daily for months itself is laudable.
— Gaurav (@brightkknight) June 12, 2022
He’s talking about the discipline here
— Ravi (@rajinder_ravi) June 12, 2022
Ah. We are not playing Olympics of Struggle. His struggles are as valid as Yastika's.
Constant injury, doubts about comeback & other off-field things can take a huge toll on mental health.Need not to put Hardik down while make case for Yastika B. https://t.co/dWPhtU28Sv
— Po (@pandaa03_) June 12, 2022
Bro, itni subha uthna sach me ek struggle hai. What do you have to say about Pandya’s statement?