Pakistan cricket team emerged out as the winners beating Australia and Zimbabwe. They have been ranked as the No.1 team as per the ICC and the team has been receiving accolades for their performances lately.
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On Sunday, the team won the series by beating Australia by 6 wickets, which made the team retain their No.1 ranking in T20i cricket. Australian cricket team gave the target of 183 runs to the Pakistani cricket team to chase. The players of both the teams gave an amazing performance, however, an incident happened after the match that left everyone in bad taste.
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After the match, when the skipper of Pakistani cricket team, Sarfaraz Ahmed came to the ground to congratulate praise his for completing a professional effort. Sarfaraz extended his hand towards Glenn Maxwell, who ignored to shake hands with him intentionally.
Here, have a look at the video of the same :
For those who missed it. This is what happened. pic.twitter.com/nORNAMLTPR
— Taimoor Zaman (@taimoorze) July 8, 2018
Former Pakistani cricketer, Shoaib Akhtar took to his twitter and pointed out the same and asked Maxwell to seek an apology from the captain of Pakistan Cricket team for his behavior.
Not shaking hands with Pak captain after winning the series its not a great example set by Glen Maxwell plus kids are watching his behaviour & looking up to him. Now-he should apologise to Pak team & Sarfraz ..
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) July 9, 2018
The tweet read:
“Not shaking hands with Pak captain after winning the series its not a great example set by Glen Maxwell plus kids are watching his behaviour & looking up to him. Now-he should apologise to Pak team & Sarfraz ..”
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Meanwhile, Glenn Maxwell took to his twitter and posted a clarification for the same, stating that it wasn’t done intentionally and just happened because of his oversight. Here, have a look at what he tweeted :
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) July 9, 2018
The tweet read:
“Congrats to Pakistan on their win yesterday, Fakhar Zaman and Shoaib Malik were unstoppable! Sad note to end our tour of Zimbabwe, but still plenty of
positives to take out of it. In regards to the incident shown post match, it appears unsportsmanlike, and certainly not the way I play the game. It was a genuine oversight on my behalf and I’m currently looking for Sarfraz, in the hotel to shake his hand and congratulate him and his team for their series win. #wellplayed”
Needless to say, all’s well that ends well.
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