The start date for the 2022 Asia Cup is slated for August 27. Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will square off in the inaugural match of this international cricket competition. But right now, the clash that we don’t get to see very frequently is the focus of all the talk and hype. the confrontation between India and Pakistan. The match between these two sides will take place at the Dubai International Stadium on August 28, 2022. It goes without saying that each of these teams have large fan bases, and whenever they compete, there is a buzz on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Both of these teams, which are engaged in separate bilateral series across the world, have experienced huge setbacks due to injuries, particularly in their fast bowling units. Asia Cup 2022 has been postponed for Jasprit Bumrah, who had a back ailment during the English tour. Shaheen Afridi’s knee ailment, on the other hand, has recently alarmed Pakistan, forcing them to bench the left-handed seamer. When India and Pakistan faced off in the ICC T20I World Cup last year at the same venue. Shaheen Afridi had a significant influence on the match.
Irfan Pathan was quick to respond after hearing Younis’s remarks
The quick pacer unsettled the Indian top order, which prevented them from scoring a respectable score. They allowed Pakistan to win the match by 10 wickets. Waqar Younis, a former pacer for Pakistan, has used the same incident to his advantage to criticise Team India. He claims that the Indian top order may have breathed a sigh of relief. Irfan Pathan, a former Indian pacer, was quick to respond after hearing Younis’s remarks, which were undoubtedly offensive. Cricketer turned broadcaster Pathan said that knowing that Bumrah and Harshal aren’t competing in the competition either was a relief to all the teams.
The verbal conflict did not end there. Wasim Jaffer, a former Mumbai Ranji player and India batsman, added his voice and shared a meme in support of Pathan’s viewpoint. Wasim Jaffer, a resident of Mumbai, is a frequent user of the microblogging website Twitter. He is well know for his usage of memes to troll the opposition.