Islamabad: After India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in the second match of the 2022 Asia Cup in Dubai, former Islamabad federal minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain blamed the country’s “imported” government led by Shahbaz Sharif for losing the cricket match.
Taking to Twitter, the former Information and Broadcasting Minister of Pakistan said that the loss of the match in Dubai is not the fault of the team but the current government is “manhoos” (unlucky). “It’s not the team’s fault, the imported Government is unlucky,” Fawad Hussain said in a tweet (roughly translated from Urdu).
There are several reports that have surfaced on the Pakistan government’s negligence towards its players.
It should be noted that during the Commonwealth Games earlier this month, Pakistani media personality Shiraz Hassan compared the style of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the attitude of leaders from the neighboring country.
This is how India designs its athletes. Pooja Gehlot won the bronze medal and expressed her pain after failing to win the gold medal and PM Modi responded to her.
Have you ever seen such a message from the Prime Minister or President of Pakistan? Do they know that Pakistani athletes are winning medals? Hasan had posted on Twitter
A gesture by Prime Minister Modi, who told a heartbroken athlete that her Commonwealth Games bronze medal called for a celebration, not an apology, won praise on social media as users globally showered praise on his inspirational leadership. .
The cricket match seemed to be lagging at the start with KL Rahul, and Rohit Sharma making an early exit, however the pillars were straightened with Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya taking India to victory inch by inch.
The crucial partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya helped India beat arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling five-wicket clash in the second match of the 2022 Asia Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Jadeja hit 35 while Pandya hit 33* in 17 balls.
For Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets and Naseem Shah took two wickets. Chasing 148 runs, India got off to a bad start as they lost their opener, KL Rahul, without scoring a single run. Rahul’s wicket brought out Virat Kohli, who is playing his 100th T20I today.
Pakistan made a stunning comeback in the match as their opener Naseem Shah bowled Suryakumar Yadav after scoring 18 runs in 18 balls. All-rounder Hardik Pandya came to the crease to join hands with Jadeja.
In the 18th over equation for victory came down to 32 runs needed in 18 balls. Jadeja hit a four and a six in the 18th over of the innings. In the 19th over, Pandya smashed three boundaries and took India close to victory as they needed seven runs in six balls.
In the last over Nawazi dealt a huge blow to the Indian team as he dismissed Jadeja after scoring 35 runs in 29 balls. India didn’t give Pakistan a chance to balance themselves after back-to-back knocks. Arshdeep Singh struck back in the 18th over and dismissed Mohammad Nawaz who could only score one run. In the 19th over, Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan opened their arms to hit big shots but their hammering was cut short by Bhuvneshwar LBW off Shadab Khan after scoring 10 runs.
In the same over Bhuvneshwar struck again, dismissing Naseem Shah scoring just zero runs. In the last over, during the innings, Arshdeep ended Pakistan’s innings as he helped India bundle out the Men in Green for 147. Brief Score: Pakistan 147 (Mohammad Rizwan 43, Iftikhar Ahmed 28; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-26) vs India 148/5 (Ravindra Jadeja 35, Hardik Pandya 33*; Mohammad Nawaz 3-33).
Notably, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi praised the Indian side for displaying great skill and grit. He hailed the Men in Blue for registering a 5-wicket win in their opening match in the Asia Cup T20 on Sunday.
