PAK VS NED | Twitter laughs at Babar Azam for falling for just five against Netherland in WC opener
In cricket, the top-tier teams are often expected to perform at their peak when facing less experienced teams. Regrettably, Pakistan seemed to have fallen short of this expectation, as their captain Babar Azam struggled to rise to the challenge against Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday.
In the second match of the ICC World Cup, Pakistan found themselves batting first after the Netherlands won the toss and opted to field. However, the Netherlands bowlers proved to be a formidable challenge for the Pakistani batsmen. The early moments of the game witnessed the dismissal of Pakistan's opening batsman, Fakhar Zaman, in a rather uneventful fashion, caught and bowled, leaving the team struggling at 16/1 after just four overs.
The partnership between Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq seemed promising until a pivotal turning point in the match. This game-changing moment arrived when the world's top-ranked ODI batter, was caught by Saqib Zulfiqar, a prized wicket for Ackermann. The Netherlands team erupted in jubilant celebrations. Babar, wore a somber expression as he attempted a leg-side slog but mistimed his shot. With Babar Azam contributing just 5 runs from 18 deliveries, Pakistan found themselves in a challenging situation during the match.
Twitter is abuzz with trolls and laughter as Pakistan's captain failed to live up to expectations in the match.
That was not expected!
Babar early given wicket © pic.twitter.com/m64mywVfTL
— Siva (@Siva_0022) October 6, 2023
He's gonna regret!
Babar early given wicket © pic.twitter.com/cJT0U31DKa
— Siva (@Siva_0022) October 6, 2023
Hahaha!
Spinner with 2 hands exists
— Saimeen Mehmood (@mr_saimeen_69) October 6, 2023
Babar: here is my wicket take it.#PAKvsNED #icccricketworldcup2023 #ICCCricketWorldCup
He looks uncomfortable!
This is a bitter truth that spinners have caused major problems to Babar Azam in his career. Babar does throws his wicket infront of spinners and that too surpringly and shockingly. #cwc23
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) October 6, 2023
That was a big fish in the net for NED!
BABAR AZAM Lost
— Umar Chaudhary (@umr_co) October 6, 2023
Big Wicket For Netherland
Very Bad Cricket Babar #CWC23 #PAKvsNED pic.twitter.com/2GxmML6PIt
He was even watching it out surprisingly!
From the ball 1 Babar was bit tentative and in the end he threw away his wicket to a Spinner, we are doomed.
— Lahori Guy 2.0 (@ShortCover_) October 6, 2023
Massive blow!
Big big wicket Babar Azam gone after scoring five runs on 18 balls 🙂#PAKvsNED #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/FnpSTvMQbm
— Atif Manzoor (@atifmanzoor105) October 6, 2023
LoL!
Babar azam gives away his wicket because boundaries size are small💀#PAKvNED #BabarAzam𓃵
— Rahul Singh (@rahultwd) October 6, 2023
That's true!
🚨 Massive Wicket for Netherlands
— Ahmed Raza (@arzanalirizvi) October 6, 2023
Babar departs for 5(17)
Pak- 34/2#PAKvsNED #CWC23 #CricketWorldCup2023 #BabarAzam𓃵 #JiyaShankar #Abhiya #Abhisha #JiyaKeJabaaz #Abhiyaforever #Abhishek #BiggBossTamil7 #LeoTrailerDay pic.twitter.com/BjN7azGypd
Like that?
Pakistan lost to Afghanistan 🤡 Babar lost his wicket 🤡
— maala (@psychmaala) October 6, 2023