Pakistan bounced again from their defeat towards England within the collection opener with an emphatic triumph within the second T20I, plummeting the guests by ten wickets. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan made a mockery of England’s whole of 199 runs and acquired residence unscathed with three deliveries to spare. Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi took a jibe towards the critics of the opening duo through his sarcastic social media put up.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan placed on a file unbeaten double century stand for the primary wicket as Pakistan acquired residence with out shedding a wicket, solely the second occasion of their T20I historical past. The Pakistani skipper recorded his second ton within the shortest format of the sport with a swashbuckling 110 off 66 deliveries. In the meantime, his opening accomplice, Rizwan, continued his wealthy vein of type with an unbeaten 88 of 51 deliveries.
Whereas Babar was criticized for his lack of runs on the high after an uncharacteristically lean patch within the Asia Cup, Rizwan invited critics for his gradual scoring price. However the duo have seemingly silenced all of the naysayers with their trailblazing stand to annihilate the English bowlers. Shaheen Afridi compiled a sarcastic tweet in response to their wonderful innings.
Completely happy with this wonderful Pakistani crew: Shaheen Afridi
“I believe it’s time to eliminate Kaptaan @babarazam258 and @iMRizwanPak. Itne egocentric gamers. Agar sahi se khelte to match 15 overs me end hojana chahye tha. Ye akhri over tak le gaye. Let’s make this a motion. Nahi? Completely happy with this wonderful Pakistani crew. (I believe it’s time to eliminate captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Such egocentric gamers. If that they had performed within the appropriate method, this run chase would have been over within the fifteenth over. However they took it to the final over. Let’s make this a motion, no? Completely happy with this wonderful Pakistani crew).
I believe it’s time to eliminate Kaptaan @babarazam258 and @iMRizwanPak. Itne egocentric gamers. Agar sahi se khelte to match 15 overs me end hojana chahye tha. Ye akhri over tak le gaye. Let’s make this a motion. Nahi? 😉
Completely happy with this wonderful Pakistani crew. 👏 pic.twitter.com/Q9aKqo3iDm
— Shaheen Shah Afridi (@iShaheenAfridi) September 22, 2022
The scintillating partnership broke a number of data because it was the best opening stand in a chase, whereas the fifth highest general in T20Is. This was additionally Pakistan’s highest opening partnership within the format with the earlier one additionally belonging to the duo which got here towards South Africa in 2021.
