Former Pakistani cricketer and Karachi Kings presi-dent Wasim Akram started trending on Twitter Thursday after a video of the bowling legend seem-ingly coming hard on Kings skipper Babar Azam during last night’s match went viral.
The video from Wednesday’s Karachi vs Multan Sultans match showed Wasim “scolding” Babar at the boundary line towards the end of the match when pressure increased on the team as they failed to defend the target.
The video garnered massive response, mainly support for Babar, and criticism for Wasim over “poor” selection of players for the franchise, on social media.
Despite the terrible campaign by Kings throughout PSL 2022, Pakistani cricket fans weren’t happy with their beloved captain being “treated badly” when the Kings performance didn’t depend on him alone.
Karachi Kings posted 174-runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs with all-rounder Imad Wasim scoring playing a quick-fire 32 runs not-out knock-off just 16 balls.
However, Sultans beat Karachi Kings by seven wickets, courtesy Mohammad Rizwan’s stellar 74-run knock in match number 23 of the PSL.
However, Wasim Akram gave a clarification over the conversation between him and Babar, say-ing that it was “just a discussion about [Kings’] bowlers”.
“I asked Babar if our bowlers weren’t able to deliver yorkers at all,” Wasim said.
He said that the two didn’t talk about anything except for the bowl-ers because they should have defended the target.
‘Surprised to see reactions’ Meanwhile, the viral video garnered massive re-sponse, mainly support for Babar, and criticism for Wasim over “poor” selection of players for the fran-chise, on social media.
Responding to the criticism, Wasim reiterated that the only thing he talked about to Babar about were the bowlers, and that he is “surprised to see the reactions” on it.
“Babar is a wonderful boy and he has tried his best,” he said. Meanwhile, former cricketer Rashid Latif stepped forward to express support for Babar, telling him not to worry and “hold his head high”.
Karachi Kings posted 174-runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs with all-rounder Imad Wasim scoring playing a quick-fire 32 runs not-out knock-off just 16 balls.
However, Sultans beat Karachi Kings by seven wickets, courtesy Mohammad Rizwan’s stellar 74-run knock in match number 23 of the PSL.—AFP
