Virat Kohli and men left the world impressed with by dominating the Australians on their soil by defeating them 2-1 for the first time. India went on to become the first Asian to beat Australia on their soil. The last match was played in Sydney which ended with a draw. The scoreline suggested that the teams fought a close battle. Cricketing greats from all over the world hailed Team India by congratulating them. However, former Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf seems to unimpressed with the feat achieved by the Indians. Indian Cricket Team Scripts History, Registers First Ever Test Series Win in Australia.
Mohammad Yousuf in an interview went on to say that even the Pakistani team will suffer from defeat if they had to travel Down Under. A renowned Pakistani sports journalist shared the Yousuf’s quote on social media. “Mohammad Yousuf "If the Pakistan team went to Australia now, even they have a chance of winning there" #Cricket,” read the tweet. As a result, the netizens trolled the former batsman and called him an awful cricketing pundit.
Mohammad Yousuf "If the Pakistan team went to Australia now, even they have a chance of winning there" #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) January 10, 2019
Here are a few reactions.
“No chance. Australian batting lineup would've been treated the same way by Pakistan as India did it. The difference lies in the batting lineups. Pakistan's current test batting lineup is nothing as compared to the Indian one,” read a tweet.
No chance.
Australian batting lineup would've been treated the same way by Pakistan as India did it.
The difference lies in the batting lineups.
Pakistan's current test batting lineup is nothing as compared to the Indian one.
— Muhammad Umair 🇵🇰 (@imwasiqmalik) January 10, 2019
Another tweet read, “Can't expect any good performance from this pak team in overseas condition yup Australian team is struggling at the moment but they can still beat pak in aus quite easily.”
Can't expect any good performance from this pak team in overseas condition yup Australian team is struggling at the moment but they can still beat pak in aus quite easily
— Nadir Hafeez Abbasi (@hafeez_nadir) January 10, 2019
“They can't beat this Australian team bcz this Pakistan team isn't the same before,” read a post.
They can't beat this Australian team bcz this Pakistan team isn't the same before
— Debasish singh (@Debasis00128879) January 10, 2019
The Indian team was congratulated by many Pakistani cricketers including Shoaib Malik, Wasim Akram, Moin Khan and many others. Pakistani Prime Minister and former cricketer Imran Khan took to social media to congratulate Virat Kohli and men.
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