AUS v PAK 2019: Pakistan cricketers invite an Indian taxi driver to dinner after he refuses to take fare from them

Australia defeated Pakistan by an innings and 5 runs in Brisbane Test match.

Babar Azam hit his second Test century in Tests | GettyPakistan may have lost the first Test match by an innings and 5 runs to Australia at the Gabba, Brisbane, but they have been upbeat about the upcoming day-night encounter which starts on Friday in Adelaide.

Meanwhile, Pakistani players Shaheen Shah Afridi, Yasir Shah and Naseem Shah along with other players decided to explore the Brisbane town and got a ride in a taxi that was driven by an Indian. An interesting story unfolded between the participants and ABC radio presenter Alison Mitchell narrated what happened next to former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson.

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Mitchell was told this story by the same cabbie, who drove her to the Gabba stadium in Brisbane for the first Test between Australia and Pakistan. During the ride, she got to know about how the taxi driver got invited to dinner by the Pakistani players.

As per Mitchell’s recollection, the taxi driver had picked up five Pakistani cricketers and refused to take any money from them for the ride. Therefore, to repay him, the cricketers invited him to have dinner with them.

On the other hand, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne hit centuries for Australia in their only innings which saw them making 580 runs. Joe Burns and Matthew Wade made half-centuries in the course. The Pakistani team was bowled out for 240 in first innings with Asad Shafiq making 76 runs.

In the second do, Babar Azam made 104 and Mohammad Rizwan made 95, but Josh Hazlewood’s 4/63 ensured a victory for the home side.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 25 Nov, 2019

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