Twitter reacts as media manager rescues ādumbstruckā Babar Azam over IPL participation
Babar Azam was stunned by a journalist's question over IPL participation.
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Players often get surprised at press conferences when they are asked unexpected questions by media persons. Ahead of the T20 World Cup final against England, Babar Azam had no clue how to answer when a media person questioned him how much improvement he would have had if he participated in the IPL.
Pakistan are all set to play England on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the final of the ongoing T20 World Cup. After back-to-back defeats in the first two games, the Men in Green turned things around in style to reach the summit clash. However, it wonāt be an easy task for Babar Azam and Co. to get to glory as their opponents just had a brutal 10-wicket victory against India in their semi-final fixture.
While Babar and the Pakistan team management were doing their homework ahead of the all-important final, a journalistās question that was asked to the Pakistan skipper during the pre-match press conference left him stunned. āTalk about the benefits of playing the IPL, is that something you feel would have helped you and your team, and is that something you have any hope for in the future?ā the journalist asked.
For a while, Babar had no idea what to answer, and soon after, he turned to his right where the Pakistan media manager was standing. āWe are taking questions on the World Cup final at the moment,ā the manager responded quickly to protect Babar.
The video went viral on social media in no time as Pakistani playersā participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has always been a hot topic for Twitterati.
Not my Question!
In theĀ #T20WorldCupFinalĀ pre match press conference, Babar Azam was asked about what itās like to not play the IPL.
ā Change of Pace (@ChangeofPace414)Ā November 12, 2022
He completely ignored the question.Ā pic.twitter.com/4RhE6dlJFg
Which is better?
Should have said we reached final and semi final in 2 back to back worldcup just by playing psl š
ā Mustafa (@Cyclopefn)Ā November 12, 2022
Next First
During a press conference, Babar Azam ignored the question about the IPL, only Focusing on WORLD CUPĀ #WorldCup2022Ā #PAKvsENG
ā Mehwish Qamas Khan (@MehwishQamas)Ā November 12, 2022
Better one
PSLšµš° is 100 times better than IPLĀ #INDvsENGĀ #T20WorldCupFinalĀ #BabarAzam
ā Mominah (@MominaLMAO)Ā November 12, 2022
Ipl no need
Babar Azam: I think we are talking aboutĀ #T20WorldCupĀ not commenting onĀ #IPL.
ā Rehman Rafiq (@RehmanRafiq18)Ā November 12, 2022
(Pre_final match conference)
š#BabarAzamĀ #iplauction2023Ā #FinalFantasyĀ @T20WorldCup
Existence gone!
Babar Azam ignoring the existence of IPL š¤£Ā pic.twitter.com/CCQo7q46QC
ā Daniyal Mirza (@Danitweets___)Ā November 12, 2022
MockingĀ
People mocking IPL to glorify PSL saying PAK players play for PaSsiOn is extremely funny
ā ganesh madridš©ŗā” (@ganesh8937)Ā November 11, 2022
I dont need to tell anyone which country has the most ugly history of players involving in spot fixing betting or cheating
yes they play for PaSsIOn#pslĀ #BabarAzamĀ #T20WC2022Ā #pakvsnz
Too much jealousy
Its all on South African team we have to hear all this pathetic bull shit.Too much jealousy over IPL, Ramiz Raja cant sleep without taking a dig at it while bending over to us for a slice of itĀ #INDvsENGĀ #IndianCricketTeamĀ #T20WorldCup2022Ā #BabarAzam
ā Deepak Menon (@dannmenon)Ā November 11, 2022
Ruined charm
In reality,League cricket looks boring now.PSL,IPL,BPL & BBL
ā ıllı šššššš ıllı (@Fakhar35)Ā November 11, 2022
all ruined charm that cricket had in 90's.#HBLPSL8Ā #ICCT20WorldCup2022Ā #T20worldcup22Ā #T20WorldCupFinalĀ #BabarAzamš
Respect talent
#PAKvENGĀ @babarazam258Ā team has potential to beatĀ @englandcricketĀ team. We respect talent even though we had bad relationship with them.Ā @BCCIĀ what is the use of hosting 12 years IPL,spending billions on player's & not able to winĀ #T20WorldCupĀ till date.
ā ą¤®ą¤¾ą¤¹ą„ ą¤µą„ (@kedar14590)Ā November 12, 2022
