On Thursday, moments after India failed to make the World Cup final, after a crushing 10-wicket defeat to England in Adelaide, former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar gave a befitting reply to Irfan Pathan for a tweet he posted and the latter responded later.
Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan was criticised heavily for a certain tweet he had made on the Pakistan cricket team after they had reached the T20 World Cup final on Wednesday following their win against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. On Thursday, moments after India failed to make the World Cup final, after a crushing 10-wicket defeat to England in Adelaide, former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar gave a befitting reply to Irfan and the latter responded later.
“Padosiyon jeet ati jaati rehti hai, lekin GRACE apke bas ki baat nahi hai (Neighbours, winning and losing is part and parcel of the game but grace doesn’t come naturally to you),” Irfan had tweeted on Friday, after a clinical show from the Pakistan side saw them reach their first T20 World Cup final since 2009 and first at an ICC event in five years. Shaheen Afridi-inspired bowling attack restricted New Zealand to 152 for 4 before the pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam guided the team to a win with their respective half-centuries.
An evening later, as world cricket awaited a blockbuster India-Pakistan final at the MCG, England crashed the party to book their Melbourne tickets. Moments after the win, Akhtar took a cheeky dig at Irfan in responding to his tweet.