Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has had a rather outrageous reaction to the Indian team getting bundled out for 36 in the 2nd innings of the Pink-ball Test against Australia in Adelaide. He asserted that he was “very happy” that Virat Kohli and his men “broke” the record of his nation. Notably, Pakistan was bundled out for a meager score of 49 against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2013.
The 45-year-old is a very well narrated ‘story’ has claimed that he did not watch the match “yesterday night” and when he switched on his TV today, Akahtra thought India has scored 369 runs. Continuing with his story, he said that he watched the TV screen carefully again to realize that there was a ‘slash sign’ between 36 and 9. In the very next moment, the Rawalpindi-born called “mighty India’s” batting collapse “bad news”.
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Shoaib Akhtar advised that India should now be ready to face criticism for their “embarrassing batting”. He said, “I woke up and the morning and switched on the TV. Could not see the match yesterday night. I saw India had put 369 on the board. Then I rubbed my eyes and saw carefully, I saw it’s 36 and there is a slash before 9 and one is retired hurt. Embarrassing loss. Embarrassing batting, world’s mighty batting crumbling down.”
He further added, “They broke our record also. 36 all out! This is a disgraceful performance, it’s terrible. But happiest that they broke our (Pakistan’s) record. Anyway, this happens in cricket. Bare it and bare the criticism, this is going to happen to you now. So, mighty India comes crumbling down. This is bad news.”
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India suffered a massive 8 wickets defeat by the visitors after they collapsed to their lowest ever Test total. Not even a single Indian batsman could score in double digits as the fast bowler, Josh Hazlewood scalped 5 wickets for just 8 runs in the 2nd innings. India and Australia will next meet in the Boxing Day Test which starts on December 26 in Melbourne.
