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The netizens were upset with Tendulkar, who along with several Bollywood and other cricket stars rallied around the government in its pushback against support from several global celebrities to the farmers' protests against new farm laws. "India's sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let's remain united as a nation," Tendulkar had tweeted.

Known as God of Cricket among his fans, the master blaster had posted the message as part of identical tweets on India's unity posted by celebrities in response to international pop star Rihanna expressing solidarity with the farmers' stir. Though the tweet of Tendulkar attracted over 2.7 lakh likes, it did not go down well with a large number of Twitterati. Scores of Keralites, including his fans, hit out at their 'God' and endorsed Sharpova's earlier remark about him. The Russian tennis star had faced the ire of Malayalees in 2015 following her comment in an interview that she did not know Tendulkar. But many were back on her wall since Wednesday, apologising for their "crude behaviour" six years ago.

Over the thousands of comments in Malayalam, all had a similar pattern of expressing regret to Sharapova for having abused her earlier. "I am sorry, Maria, the legend. We knew Sachin as a player. But we didn't knew him as a person. You were right and sorry for commenting bad on your FB post," another user said. One person offered her shawarma and mouth watering Kuzhimanthi (a type of biryani) as part of peace offering and apologised saying, "I am the sorry", borrowing words from a Malayalam movie. Another said: "One truck load of apologies, sister. We didn't have your foresightedness. Time proved that you were right." NefilNappy, another user, said "we are sorry for cyber bullying".

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