'Why would you mess with trollers?' - Former India opener's words of advice for criticism-struck Harry Brook amid IPL 2023

Harry Brook was left off of Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) starting lineup for the crucial match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday (May 7), which they had to win. Brook had a unique season since he became the first centurion of the campaign at Eden Gardens against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Besides that one game, Brook struggled with an average of 7.88 runs in eight innings. He had a long career as a middle-order and an opener.

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Virender Sehwag responded to the news by recalling Brook's previous remark following his century against KKR and criticising him for interacting with trolls. Sehwag told Brook to ignore trolls and refrain from reading social media remarks since they can influence his thinking.

'Your work is to come, work hard, perform and leave' – Virender Sehwag

"Why would you mess with trollers? Why should you even look at who are trolling you or criticising you, or praising you? Your work is to come, work hard, perform and leave. If you want to put something on social media, then post it. After posting it, don't look at the comments because that will definitely affect your mind. For that, your need to be in your space - watch movies, listen to music, hang out with friends. Social media is not for watching anything; it is only a place for posting updates. Don't be afraid of them. And if you perform, even those you had trolled or criticised, you will now praise you," Sehwag told Cricbuzz.

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After his initial dismal performance, Brook had faced criticism from certain "Indian fans," and following his century, he said he was happy to "shut them up." "I was putting pressure on myself a little bit after the first few games. You go on social media, and people are calling you rubbish. You start to doubt yourself a little bit. I just went out there with an 'I don't care' mentality tonight, and thankfully it came off. There are a lot of Indian fans out there who'll say 'well done' tonight. But they were slagging me off a few days ago. Glad I could shut them up, to be honest," Harry Brook had said.