Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif takes a dig at Indian cricket

[Austin 3:!6]

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared to take a dig at India after they lost by 10 wickets to England in the second semifinal on Thursday.

“So, this Sunday, it’s: 152/0 vs 170/0,” Sharif tweeted referring to India’s 10 wicket loss against Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the fact that England will now meet Pakistan in the final on Sunday.

In that match, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam stroked his way to 68 while his opening partner, Mohammad Rizwan, smashed 79 as the Indian bowlers struggled to contain the two batters, who ultimately reached the target of 152 without much trouble.

 

 

 

[Vijy]

Just now, Austin 3:!6 said:

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared to take a dig at India after they lost by 10 wickets to England in the second semifinal on Thursday.

“So, this Sunday, it’s: 152/0 vs 170/0,” Sharif tweeted referring to India’s 10 wicket loss against Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the fact that England will now meet Pakistan in the final on Sunday.

In that match, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam stroked his way to 68 while his opening partner, Mohammad Rizwan, smashed 79 as the Indian bowlers struggled to contain the two batters, who ultimately reached the target of 152 without much trouble.

 

 

 

it's not "appeared to take a dig", it's more a case of "took a ginormous dig"

[Austin 3:!6]

10 minutes ago, Vijy said:

it's not "appeared to take a dig", it's more a case of "took a ginormous dig"

 

Agreed. It doesn't look good coming from PM of a country.

 

Irfan Pathan gave a proper response

 

 

 

 

[Vijy]

9 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

 

Agreed. It doesn't look good coming from PM of a country.

 

Irfan Pathan gave a proper response

 

 

 

 

if our PM were to write something analogous, most of the world would immediately start denouncing it. however, in this case, there is a complete silence - assuming the post is genuine

[Austin 3:!6]

13 minutes ago, Vijy said:

if our PM were to write something analogous, most of the world would immediately start denouncing it. however, in this case, there is a complete silence - assuming the post is genuine

 

Very genuine. It's from his official twitter handle.

[Vijy]

Just now, Austin 3:!6 said:

 

Very genuine. It's from his official twitter handle.

very poor behaviour. even if he is a cricket fan, he needs to stop being so loose-mouthed as the PM of a country

[express bowling]

India will always be the benchmark or reference point for Pakistan at any and every level.

[Vijy]

Just now, express bowling said:

India will always be the benchmark or reference point for Pakistan at any and every level.

they still can't get over their inferiority complex. we need to stop responding in kind. it would be silly to compare with such countries when there are much more relevant benchmarks to compare with

[express bowling]

Just now, Vijy said:

they still can't get over their inferiority complex. we need to stop responding in kind. it would be silly to compare with such countries when there are much more relevant benchmarks to compare with

 

We never compare anything with Pakistan outside cricket. 

[Vilander]

Their team is in the final ours out. Time to cope it Indians. 

[Austin 3:!6]

9 minutes ago, Vilander said:

Their team is in the final ours out. Time to cope it Indians. 

 

We beat them on 23rd Oct?

[Vilander]

2 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

 

We beat them on 23rd Oct?

 

Yup for sure. That's a good one. 

[maniac]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

India will always be the benchmark or reference point for Pakistan at any and every level.

Their identity itself is “we are not India”. Apart from that there isn’t much of an identity. All this ummah-Muslim stuff you never hear from Arabs, Iranians, Iraqis etc so they try extra hard. 

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

We never compare anything with Pakistan outside cricket. 

we should stop it in cricket too. theirs is a good team, perhaps, but the real targets should be 80s WI and 00s Aus

[IndianRenegade]

Doesn’t look good coming from a PM, but at the end of the day it’s just a joke. Ignore & move on.

 

ICT has a million problems what Pak Pm thinks of us isn’t one of them.

Edited November 12, 2022 by IndianRenegade

[Vijy]

4 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said:

Doesn’t look good coming from a PM, but at the end of the day it’s just a joke. Ignore & move on.

 

ICT has a million problems what Pak Pm thinks of us isn’t one of them.

not really. people in such positions of power and responsibility should not be wasting their time on lame-assed "jokes". and this does not even read as a joke but as a mean-spirited, out-of-place dig from a senior politician who should not be indulging in these types of comments.

 

I don't see, for instance, the English PM sniggering about beating Ind by 10 wkts; it is simply not good realpolitik. maybe people will say that rishi sunak is of indian origin and would not write this comment, but neither IMO would Liz truss, boris Johnson, etc

[figo6762]

TBH he is technically correct ..  in Butlers words “this should hurt “ esp for the players that played both those games ..  the more people outside use this as agenda to drive their message , the hope is that some one within the bcci will listen .. yes coming from a PM doesn’t look good he should have better things to do … but in hope of change , I welcome more digs at state of Indian international cricket .. if this can force to bring the right people in that’s what is needed

[Vijy]

Just now, figo6762 said:

TBH he is technically correct ..  in Butlers words “this should hurt “ esp for the players that played both those games ..  the more people outside use this as agenda to drive their message , the hope is that some one within the bcci will listen .. yes coming from a PM doesn’t look good he should have better things to do … but in hope of change , I welcome more digs at state of Indian international cricket .. if this can force to bring the right people in that’s what is needed

digs from external politicians who are (de facto/de jure) head of states are not appropriate. as far as I can recall, despite the strong Bra vs Arg rivalry in football, I don't recall president of one country taking a direct and explicit dig at the other country's team.

 

[Number]

I think Irfan Pathan tweeted something like "neighbours, how was your sunday ?"

It really triggered whole country for some reason. So it seems to be in response to that.

Still very petty, the PM is coming down to an ex-cricketer's level in bantering. 

 

 

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, Number said:

I think Irfan Pathan tweeted something like "neighbours, how was your sunday ?"

It really triggered whole country for some reason. So it seems to be in response to that.

Still very petty, the PM is coming down to an ex-cricketer's level in bantering. 

 

 

that's the thing... it is fine for nobodies (and irfan is kinda one) to do this stuff, but not someone who occupies the highest post in a >100 million people country.