Published: Mar 21, 2016, 06:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 21, 2016, 06:15 PM (IST)
Former Pakistan speedstar Shoaib Akhtar was clearly unhappy with Indian anchor Jatin Sapru, after India beat Pakistan by six wicket in the Super 10 Group 2, Match 19 of the ongoing ICC world T20 2016 at the historic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. The incident happened on the Star Sports post-match show ‘Cricket Live‘, where Jatin, who was praising India, along with Virat Kohli, for his formidable innings, looked at Shoaib and laughed before asking him his views on the Indian performance, to which Shoaib was visibly upset, as he asked him not to make fun of the Pakistan side for losing. While Jatin tried to explain his innocence, former Indian cricketer and legend, Kapil Dev, who toss was present in the show, tried to calm things down. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Pakistan, Group B Match 19 of ICC T20 World Cup at Eden Gardens
Pakistan has fallen well behind the rest of the world in the T20format, a Pakistani daily said and rued the men’s cricket team’s loss to India in Kolkata. It, however, heaped praise on the women’s cricket team for their win. An editorial “A win and a loss” in The News International said “for only the second time in our long cricketing rivalry with India were we able to beat our enemy at a World Cup.” “There are two World T20 Championships going on right now and both should be getting equal attention,” said the daily. It observed that the boys in green got the pageantry of an opening ceremony with Shafqat Amanat Ali and Amitabh Bachchan singing their respective country’s national anthems.
“The girls in green got the win.” It wasn’t easy for Sana Mir and her team. Even though we restricted India to a total below a hundred, we were struggling to victory and the match was finely poised, with both teams standing an equal chance of winning, when the rain came,” the reports added.
