LAHORE (Web Desk) – Babar Azam – Pakistan’s captain – faced severe criticism for accepting the shirt of Indian star batsman Virat Kohli after the World Cup clash between two sides on Saturday.
A video viral on social media website X, formerly known as Twitter, shows that Babar is having an autograph from Kohli in the stadium after a humiliating defeat at the hands of India.
FANBOY MOMENT FOR BABAR AZAM....!! Babar asks for a signed from Virat Kohli and Virat gives it.pic.twitter.com/Caq3GoQoaV
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 14, 2023Pakistani cricket legend Wasim Akram – also former captain of the national side – joined the list of critics, saying that Babar shouldn’t have met Kohli in the ground. The situation wasn’t appropriate, he said, adding that he should have avoided receiving Kohli’s shirt as there wasn’t an exchange [of shirts] between the two.
The controversy comes after India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in a one-sided encounter for the eighth consecutive in the ICC World Cup – a series of wins that started in the 1992 edition held in Australia.