ICC World Cup 2019: Twitterati Bashes Waqar Younis For Questioning India’s Sportsmanship
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India have faced their first defeat in the group stage against England on Sunday in the ICC World Cup 2019. Many qualifications were depended on the game. India, however, got the supports from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan because if India would win, the chances of qualification would be there for those teams. But England registered a 31-run win which means the little hope of qualification for those teams which were there, are lost. India’s loss became a talking point to everyone, including former player Waqar Younis.
England openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason got off to a flying start where they both added more than 150 runs. Indian bowlers struggled a lot to restrict them, where spinners conceded 160 runs in their 20 overs. Although Mohammed Shami bagged a fifer, he gave away 69 runs in his 10 overs.
However, with this win, England have nearly sealed their berth for the semi-finals whereas New Zealand now have to play well to get the qualification. Meanwhile, after the defeat, Waqar Younis took a dig at the sportsmanship of a couple of the Indian players who failed to perform well. He took to Twitter and shared a Tweet about this.
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“It’s not who you are.. What you do in life defines who you are… Me not bothered if Pakistan gets to the semis or not but one thing is for sure.. Sportsmanship of few Champions got tested and they failed badly #INDvsEND #CWC2019,” he wrote.
It's not who you are.. What you do in life defines who you are.. Me not bothered if Pakistan gets to the semis or not but one thing is for sure.. Sportsmanship of few Champions got tested and they failed badly #INDvsEND #CWC2019
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) June 30, 2019
However, it didn’t go well with the Indian fans and they bashed the former cricketer. Since cricket is a game and winning and losing is a part of it. His out of context tweet raised many eyebrows. Even the legends like Nasser Hussain and Sourav Ganguly also criticized the way India played.
Here’s how Twitterati reacts on Waqar Younis’ controversial tweet:
Don't even talk about sportsmanship @waqyounis99 !! That's well documented in World Cricket !! Ask your boys to play good cricket, consistent cricket !!
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) July 1, 2019
Waqar as a bowler you need to back woakes bowled a dream spell with archer. Let's not take away credit of Eng bowlers. Also toss played a vital part. Accept your short comings, don't be an imaginary victim! FYI the team score 278 runs in 40 overseas if u take away 10 over beg.
— Natarajan நટरा જन (@NTanjore) July 1, 2019
Ab pakistaniyose sports man ship silhani padegi?. 🙄
If u ppl had sportsmanship u cud have Lost match against west indies( 15-20 years ago) i think courteny walsh was balling, abdul qadir batsman at umpire end. Qadir was not is creeze but walsh warned him and didnt hit stumps cnt— amardasbhalla अमरदास भल्ला (@amardasbhalla) July 1, 2019
pakistanis please stop preaching sportsmanship. What do you know about it sadak chaaps? Yes India won another fight with you without a fight. We dont want to give you a free piggy ride on our back. Go work for it. You had too many free lunches to realize what a honest job is
— Swamiye Sharanam (@kutty983) July 1, 2019
Very irresponsible tweet. Who are u pass such judgement? If ur team suspect any foul play, lodge a complaint with ICC, let them investigate. There are hundreds of instances where ur team have collapsed like a pack of cards from a winning situation. Shall we pass the judgement?
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) July 1, 2019
Team tumhari ganda khele tab bhi tum logo ne rona hota hai aur jab doosrei ki khele tab bhi , bloody classless people.! I wonder if there are free minded people exist in Pakistan .!??
— Aman singh (@jay97aman) June 30, 2019
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Waqar. I've got a huge amount of respect for you as you know. But that tweet is inflammatory and quite frankly irresponsible.
As soon as Hardik was out India knew chances of a win were gone and protected their NRR.
It's a tournament.
Not everyone is out to get you!— CricketBadger (@cricket_badger) June 30, 2019
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How can you make such allegations ?
When you team plays badly consistently at the start of the CWC that time u didn’t suspect any foul play ??
Our team plays one bad game & All Hell Breaks Lose On PAK Twitter 🤷🏻♀️
Please concentrate on your team’s progress 🙄
— Dr Khushboo Kadri (@khushikadri) July 1, 2019
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