About an hour after Pakistan succumbed to a shock defeat to Afghanistan in Chennai, India captain Rohit Sharma posted an Instagram story from Dharamsala that has gone viral.
Social media was abuzz on Monday night as Afghanistan recorded a historic, first-ever ODI match win over Pakistan. And it came at a really worse time for Pakistan, who now, with 3 losses in 5 matches in the World Cup 2023, stand on the verge of a group-stage exit.
Pakistan have not reached the semi-final of the ODI World Cup in the last two editions as well. This is also Afghanistan’s only third victory in three ODI World Cup tournaments. They had earlier defeated England in Delhi. They didn’t win a single game in 2019 and won only one match – against Scotland – in 2015. Mohammad Nabi, who’s been part of all three wins, said this win over Pakistan is their best win.
Rohit Sharma posts cryptic Insta story; fans troll Pakistan
India captain Rohit Sharma posted a cryptic Insta story after Pakistan’s defeat to Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma and the team has stayed back in Dharamsala for a couple of more days after their win over New Zealand before they fly out to Lucknow for the match against England, scheduled for October 29.
Fans trolled Pakistan team and Babar Azam in the comments under Rohit Sharma’s Insta story.
Here, check out Rohit Sharma’s post and reactions under it:
After the loss, Pakistani skipper Babar Azam blamed it on the fielders.
He said: “This hurts us. We had a good total. In the bowling, we aren’t up to the mark because we are not taking wickets in the middle overs. In the World Cup, if you are not good in even one department, then you’ll lose the match. In the field, we didn’t stop boundaries and gave away runs, that cost us. Bowling – we started well, in the middle overs, we needed wickets but we couldn’t take any wickets. All credit to Afghanistan the way they played in all three departments. That’s why they won. We are not playing good cricket in bowling and fielding. We’ll try our best in the next match. We didn’t hit the lengths in the middle overs, especially our spinners. We couldn’t put pressure on the batters.”
