Waqar Younis was more concerned with Shaheen’s absence in the India game in their Asia Cup opener and India great Irfan Pathan has come up with a savage response of the former fast bowler.
Pakistan legend Waqar Younis’ tweet about Shaheen Afridi’s injury that targeted the Indian team did not go down well with fans. Shaheen suffered a knee injury during the Sri Lanka Test series, and the same problem has kept him out of the Asia Cup and the T20I series against England. But Waqar was more concerned about Shaheen’s absence from India’s Asia Cup opener, and India great Irfan Pathan responded harshly to the former fast bowler.
“Shaheen’s injury Big relief for the Indian top order batsmen. Sad we won’t be seeing him in #AsiaCup2022 Get fit soon Champ @iShaheenAfridi,” Waqar had tweeted moments after Pakistan suffered the huge setback ahead of their Asia Cup campaign where they take on India in their opener in Dubai on August 28.
Shaheen had played an instrumental role in Pakistan’s historic 10-wicket win against India in the 2021 T20 World Cup tie as he had dismissed openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma in the first three overs before dismissing then skipper Virat Kohli.
The response
In response to Waqar’s post, Irfan tweeted on Sunday, writing, “It’s a relief of other teams that Bumrah and Harshal aren’t playing this Asia cup!”
India did not name both Harshal and Bumrah in their squad as they will miss the Asia Cup tournament owing to injuries. Harshal suffered a side strain and hence is presently at the NCA recovering from it while Bumrah suffered a back issue.
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