Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has sparked a massive controversy after he slammed a female TV journalist for her comments on the Men in Green’s loss to India in the second match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.
Pakistan, who managed only 147 batting first after losing the toss, suffered a 5-wicket defeat at the hands of the Indian team as they chased down the target in the last over with Hardik Pandya hitting Mohammad Nawaz for a six to end the game.
Sarfaraz highlighted the cramps that Pakistan pacers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah suffered because of the heat and humidity which hampered their over-rate and, in the end, resulted in them having only four instead of five boundary riders from the start of the 18th over.
"Pak had the disadvantage after 17th over 5 fielders were inside the circle cuz of slow over rate & 1 of the so called female journalist on national TV bashing Pakistan team after a fighting match & saying na run karte hai na catch pakarte hai kamal hai bhi," the former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter tweeted.
Sarfaraz didn’t name the journalist or the show he was talking about, but he was clearly unhappy with the criticism of the Pakistani players despite them giving a good fight to the Indian team in a low-scoring encounter.
Notably, India also failed to bowl its overs in time and as a result, had a fielder less outside the inner ring for a slow over-rate in the final two overs of Pakistan's innings.
Sarfaraz’s tweet led to a debate amongst cricket fans on Twitter and here are some viewpoints.
