Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha became the target of online trolling after fans mocked his English during a post-match interview with commentator Pommie Mbangwa. The reactions poured in following Pakistan’s heavy defeat to arch-rivals India in Colombo.
Salman Ali Agha. (Photo Credits: X)
After suffering a thumping defeat against India, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha faced some trolling on social media but this time for his pronunciation after he fumbled a bit while talking to Zimbabwean commentator Pommie Mbangwa at a post-match interaction.
“We were believing in our spinners, and they had an off day today," Agha said. “Execution was missing in some parts of the game. We were obviously going to always believe our spinners, because they’ve done really well in the last six months. And with the batting, I think we didn’t start well, and in T20 games, if we lose 3 or 4 wickets in the powerplay, you are always chasing the game."
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India were on a roll against Pakistan as the all-round show handed the Men in Blue a 61-run win against the arch-rivals. With this victory, Team India registered a place in the Super 8 as well. Pakistan, on the other side, need to win their clash against Namibia.
The Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian team first rode on a spectacular innings from Ishan Kishan and then bowlers did their job to etch a comfortable win. India posted 175/7 in 20 overs as Ishan struck a quick-fire 77 off 40. Later, the bowlers bowled out Pakistan for 114 to win the match.
"To be very honest, like in first inning it was a bit tacky. The ball was gripping as well. So, the execution was, I think, missing when it comes to bowling, but I think the pitch better played better in the second inning than first inning. But our bowlers like, we didn't bowl according to the situation. And when it comes to batting, we didn't apply ourselves and gave us a chance to go deep in the game," Agha further added.
“We played the same brand of cricket, what we wanted to play. I told you at the toss as well. I think batting first was a better option on this wicket. And the way Ishan batted and he was batting in the last few games and also in the domestic circuit, he batted the same way and took the team ahead,” Suryakumar Yadav said after the match.
“We wanted to play the same way how we were playing. I think Ishan thought something out of the box. After 0 for 1, there had to be someone taking responsibility in the powerplay and the way he took that responsibility, I think it was amazing. I think we were very ahead in the powerplay. There was a little bit of lump in between 7 to 15, but then that’s the beauty of T20 cricket and the way Tilak, Shivam and Rinku batted, I think it was commendable,” he added.
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