Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has expressed his anger at the fact that national cricket team captain Babar Azam was ignored in the World Cup promo despite his great achievements.
As soon as the 2 minute and 12 second World Cup promo video was released by ICC, social media users immediately noticed that the promotional video showed a lot of bias.
Apart from other social media users, Shoaib Akhtar also went crazy after seeing this promotional video.
He wrote in his tweet that ‘Whoever thought that the World Cup promo would be complete without the prominent presence of Pakistan and Babar Azam, is really kidding himself’.
He wrote at the end of his tweet that ‘it’s time for you guys to grow up’.
It should be noted that in the promotional video of the World Cup released by the ICC, the ups and downs of cricket are shown in such a way that the Pakistan team, which is currently in the second position in the ICC ODI rankings, mostly shows only glimpses of disappointment.
The video includes Shadab Khan being hit for a six, Mohammad Amir getting bowled, Wahab Riaz getting frustrated after being hit on his own ball and Inzamam-ul-Haq’s run out in 1992.
Even in one scene it can be seen that a Pakistani fan is sitting in despair and the Indian fan sitting next to him consoles him.
The entire video shows only one good moment of Pakistan in which Shaheen is seen celebrating with the wicket.
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