“Sorry brother. It’s call karma”: Mohammed Shami tears down Shoaib Akhtar after Pakistan lose to England in T20 World Cup 2022 final

Gurpreet Singh | 13/11/2022
"Sorry brother. It’s call karma": Mohammed Shami tears down Shoaib Akhtar after Pakistan lose to England in T20 World Cup 2022 final

England have lifted their second T20 World Cup title with a 5-wicket victory against Pakistan in the grand finale at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

With a batting depth unparalleled in World Cricket at the moment, a spirited bowling performance from the Pakistan bowlers tonight was simply not enough to stop them from chasing a rather modest total of 137/8.

One of the highlight of the run-chase was Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah (4-0-30-0) who bowled with very little luck to beat the outside edge of the English batters at least a dozen times, to make lives difficult for them on the MCG pitch which stayed  true to its nature this tournament on the grand finale night as well.

However, a certain Ben Stokes stood tall, and rose to the occasion yet again akin the 2019 World Cup final to take his side over the finishing line with an Over to spare, with a 49-ball innings worth 52* runs.

Jos Buttler, who skipped his side for the first time in a T20 World Cup, led with distinction and scored a vital 17-ball 26 in the chase, with Moeen Ali (19 off 13) as the other important contributor during the fag end of the innings.

Mohammed Shami tears down Shoaib Akhtar

Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who had a couple of days ago exclaimed that team India is at its lowest point right now when it comes to ICC events and that they did not deserve to take a flight to Melbourne to play the final post their semi-final exit, has been roasted by Indian pacer Mohammed Shami.

Post Pakistan’s loss against England a few minutes ago in the final, Akhtar simply posted a heartbreak emoji via his Twitter handle, symbolic of the hurt he perhaps felt after his team lost an opportunity to lift their second T20 World Cup title as well.

A few minutes later, sensing a perfect opportunity, Shami replied to Akhtar’s post with the comment, “Sorry brother. It’s call karma,” perhaps referring to the former pacer’s aforementioned comment pertaining team India.

Earlier, England’s leading wicket-taker this World Cup, Sam Curran (4-0-12-3) produced a stellar spell of bowling yet again, and alongside spinner Adil Rashid (4-1-22-2) and Chris Jordan (4-0-27-2) restricted Pakistan to an under-par total of 137/8 in their 20 Overs.

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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