On Saturday, the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) started with a nail-biting match, which was followed by a glittering opening ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium. The biggest rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locked horns with each other in the curtain raiser. Although the hosts got a surprise package as they unearthed a sensational expertise in the young Mayank Markande. Nevertheless, Pakistani sports anchor Zainab Abbas additionally the bowling of the youngster and praised him wholeheartedly and ended up facing a severe backlash.
Markande witnessed a dream debut as he went on to dismissed MS Dhoni only in his second over. He also got wickets of Ambati Rayudu, and Deepak Chahar in his four-over spell as he conceded just 23 runs. He persistently deceived the CSK batsmen was calm regardless of being hit for a few sixes throughout his spell. Before the match, he was an unknown commodity, but in a matter of one game, he became a single day sensation.
As they no boundaries of the nation can stop the die-hard cricket followers, Zainad Abbas took is way too seriously as she was more than just delighted to see Mayank Markande wrecking havoc within the opening recreation of the IPL and praised him on Twitter. She was delighted of the truth that the leg-spinners have been making a name for themselves in the cricketing world and welcomed the teenager to the membership of Shadab Khan, Rashid Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal.
She tweeted, “It’s a legspinners world as of late – Rashid Khan, Shadab Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal & now Markande from MI.. #MIvCSK.”
It’s a legspinners world these days – Rashid Khan,Shadab Khan,Yuzvendra Chahal & now Markande from MI.. #MIvCSK
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) April 7, 2018
Nevertheless, Pakistani followers took this tweet way too seriously and lashed out at Zainab for following the IPL. The hatred among the many followers of the 2 nations has elevated so much following Shahid Afridi’s controversial touch upon the ‘India’ occupied Kashmir. Here are some tweets which are full of hate:
Stop reporting about this bloody IPL we r not watching. we boycott IPL😠
— @S.Afridi10 (@shoaibafridi560) April 7, 2018
Lol pic.twitter.com/8fPQ43IJU5
— kaushal shah (@kaushal30177671) April 8, 2018
Zainab in order to create scope for any future IPL and Indian media, donot unnecessarily tweet regarding IPL. Pakistanis are not following IPL as they don’t PSL.
— Sajid310 (@Sajid3102) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/narihema2125/status/982913242950348801
Have you just copied these words from the @bhogleharsha from @cricbuzz @IPL curtain opening show? pic.twitter.com/5Zew4r3V8j
— Waqas Shah (@vickkydonor7) April 8, 2018