Iceland Cricket, the social media handle, has been better known for posting witty tweets during international matches or on important decisions being taken by international cricket boards. While few of them are on humorous notes, others are hard-hitting posts. On Sunday, Iceland Cricket posted on Pakistan's all-time ODI XI, a tweet that left fans miffed as Babar Azam's role in the squad and Shoaib Akhtar's absence.
Iceland Cricket picked Imran Khan, the 1992 World Cup-winning captain, as the skipper of the all-time ODI side with Saeed Anwar and Zaheer Abbas as openers and the great pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis leading the attack.
“Today we announce our Pakistani ODI team of all time: S Anwar, Z Abbas, I Ul Haq, J Miandad, M Yousuf, I Khan (c), S Afridi, M Khan (WK), W Akram, W Younas, S Mushtaq. Drinks boys: B Azam, M Hafeez and Shoaib Malik,” they tweeted.
Moments after the tweet, an Indian fan queried on Mohammad Rizwan's status in the side. “Did you miss M Rizwan in drinks boys?” he asked
{{/usCountry}}Moments after the tweet, an Indian fan queried on Mohammad Rizwan's status in the side. “Did you miss M Rizwan in drinks boys?” he asked
{{/usCountry}}Iceland Cricket replied: “He is the reserve drinks boys with Rashid Latif.”
Here is how Twitter reacted…
Babar is presently undergoing a lot of scrutiny from Pakistan media after the team failed to win any of their last eight Test matches all of which were played at home. The matches stretch across three series - against Australia, England and New Zealand - which had presented a chance to Pakistan to reach the World Test Championship final, but instead they finished in the bottom half of the table.
Pakistan team are presently part of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand at home.