Babar Azam Flopped in The First Match Of The WC, And People Made Fun Of On Social Media
PAK vs NED ODI World Cup 2023: There was a lot of fun on social media when Babar Azam flopped in the first match of the World Cup. Pakistan cricket team started its campaign in the World Cup 2023 on Friday 6 October.
Babar Azam’s team came to play against the Netherlands in the first match. In this match, Dutch captain Scott Edwards won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Captain Babar’s Wicket Was Also Included in This:-
Playing first, Pakistan had a shaky start and lost three wickets for 38 runs in 9.1 overs. This also included the wicket of captain Babar, who was sent back to the pavilion by Colin Ackerman of the Netherlands. Babar flopped badly in this innings and could score only 5 runs after playing 18 balls.
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After this bad start in the Mahakumbh of cricket, Babar also became the target of trolls on social media. Many funny memes started being made about him on social media. He was made fun of a lot.
However, after this start, Pakistan’s innings was handled by Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel, and recovered from the initial shocks to a great extent.
But Babar Azam remained a topic of discussion after his slow batting and flop show. This is also his first match as captain in the ODI World Cup.
The Fans’ Reactions On Babar Azam:-
Different reactions of fans regarding Babar started going viral on social media. He and Virat Kohli are often compared. In such a situation, after this bad innings, Virat fans also became active and started making memes to humiliate Babar.
In his five-ball innings, Babar was looking in trouble from the very beginning. Virat fans said that Babar can never become like Virat Kohli.
In a viral meme, the user quipped that Babar does not score runs against weak teams. Many such reactions started going viral on social media.
Babar Azam’s Record in ODI World Cup:-
This is Babar Azam’s second ODI World Cup. He played this tournament for the first time in the year 2019 and scored 474 runs in 8 innings. But he flopped in the first match of 2023.
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So far, he has 479 runs in his name in 9 innings of 9 matches in the ODI World Cup. He has scored one century and three half-centuries in the history of this tournament. His strike rate is below 90.