Twitter Trolls Shoaib Akhtar for Self-Praising Himself

Updated - 10 Jan 2019, 12:13 AM

Shoaib Akhtar, India, Australia
Shoaib Akhtar. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was the prey of the trollers for self-praising himself. Akhtar posted a post in which he uploaded a collage of nine photos which were his best balls in the game. The collage contained some best dismissals of Shoaib Akhtar’s career. In fact, the Rawalpindi Express was the fastest bowler in the world. Akhtar has recorded the fastest delivery which was 161.3 km/h.

Akhtar had bowled that ball to England’s opener, Nick Knight. Meanwhile, collage had some photos in which the batsmen were left off guard by Akhtar. The fast bowler said that these were the deliveries that made cricket fans love the fast and furious Shoaib Akhtar.

Shoaib Akhtar, India vs Windies 2018
Shoaib Akhtar (Credits – Menxp)

Shoaib Akhtar had a fine career for Pakistan.

In fact, Akhtar said that he enjoyed to have the nickname of, “Don of cricket”. However, Akhtar clarified that he never enjoyed hurting the batsmen by his potent bowling.

Akhtar went on to say that he relished the pride to give 120% for his country. Therefore, he enjoyed to ran into the bowling crease for the love of his country and also for the people around the globe.

Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Shoaib Akhtar went on to play 46 Test matches in which he scalped 172 wickets at an average of 25.7. On the other hand, Akhtar played 163 One Day Internationals in which he took 247 wickets at an impressive average of 24.98. The fast bowler also played 15 T20I matches in which he took 19 wickets.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan fast bowler for known for his brisk pace. In fact, he had undergone a rough training in his playing days and had reaped fruits for his hard work.

Akhtar took to his Twitter account to share his post. The post read as, “Don of cricket as they called me but never enjoyed hurting people but I must say when I was out there I just ran in for the love of my country & for the people around the world”.

Here is Akhtar’s post:

Here is how Twitter trolled him.

https://twitter.com/TheMystic19/status/1048829069800820742

https://twitter.com/SRKpePHD/status/1049095414471774209

https://twitter.com/saranya01998/status/1048893582130565120

https://twitter.com/iamsskofficial/status/1048828570540359680

https://twitter.com/DileepKumar_44/status/1049210340922339328

https://twitter.com/NiteshNavkar/status/1048904043441999872

https://twitter.com/DileepKumar_44/status/1049243073237213187

https://twitter.com/dominicoffl/status/1048846597713358848

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