“Ghabrana nahi hai is not working”: Saeed Ajmal takes a dig at Pakistan batting failure vs India in T20 World Cup 2022

Saeed Ajmal takes a dig at Pakistan: The former Pakistani spinner saw the funny side of a substandard batting performance.

During the 16th match of the ongoing eighth edition of ICC T20 World Cup between India and Pakistan in Melbourne, Pakistani batters didn’t live up to the occasion of taking part in the biggest rivalry in Cricket.

Put in to bat first by India captain Rohit Sharma, Pakistan put on display a completely contrasting performance from their heroic effort against the same opposition at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium last year.

Barring batter Iftikhar Ahmed’s second T20I half-century, no other Pakistani batter was able to create any impact in front of a jam-packed Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Although the innings is currently in progress, Pakistan have lost six wickets with Shan Masood and Asif Ali batting in the middle. With three fast bowlers not known for their batting skills to follow, Masood and Ali will have to make most of the death overs as their last recognized batting pair to give some cushion to their bowlers.

Saeed Ajmal takes a dig at Pakistan batting failure vs India in T20 World Cup 2022

Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal took to social media platform Twitter to take a slight dig at Pakistan’s performance in this match. Taking reference from former captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s iconic line (“Ghabrana nahi hai” which translates to “Don’t worry”), Ajmed hinted at not worrying not working on this particular occasion.

“Ghabrana nahi hai” is not working..

— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) October 23, 2022

Ahmed, 32, was sent in to bat at No. 4 after Pakistan lost opening batters within the first four overs. Having played at a strike rate of less than 100 for the first 24 deliveries that he faced, Ahmed particularly attacked Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel to press the accelerator.

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It was right after the halfway mark that the right-handed batter hit Ashwin for a massive six only to follow it with three similar confident shots off Patel in the next over.

UPDATE: A 16-ball 31-run eighth-wicket partnership between Shan Masood (52*) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (16) has powered Pakistan to a respectable total of 159/8 in 20 overs.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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