In 2014, the British media, particularly Michael Henderson of The Telegraph, had taken issue with Moeen Ali proclaiming that his beard was like a uniform, a label representing the Muslim faith. Rather curiously, the chief argument against Moeen has been that as a member of the national team he could represent only one thing — the country he played for. It was then that Arunabha Sengupta wrote this defence for Moeen Ali and his personal choice for DNA India. Later in 2018, when Moeen published his autobiography ghosted by Mihir Bose, this article was referred to and reproduced almost verbatim in the book.