England skipper Eoin Morgan has refused to comment any further on his controversial tweet from 2018. The left-hander batsman said that the ‘Sir’ used by him in his tweet (which is no longer available) was to show respect, contrary to what most people interpreted it as being a discriminatory undertone on South Asian players’ English accent.
Speaking during a pre-T20I series press conference in Cardiff, Wales, Morgan said, "I don't reflect on it a lot. If I call someone sir on social media it is a sign of admiration and respect. If that is taken out of context there is nothing I can control or do about it so I have not looked into it."
The tweet in question is from 2018 when tagging Jos Buttler, his national team deputy and wrote, “Sir, You are my favourite batsman”. Quoting his tweet, former New Zealand captain and current chief coach of Kolkata Knight Riders had written, “@josbuttler Sir, you play very good Opening batting”. It is this tweet that sent out the racially discriminatory undertone.
Amidst the storm in which England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decided to suspend Ollie Robinson for his abusive tweets, questions were raised over the conduct of many English players and Morgan was one of them.