Pakistani cricket has been in the doldrums for the major part of the last decade. Their teams have flattered to deceive more often than not. They got completely outplayed by New Zealand when they toured them recently albeit without their skipper, Babar Azam. Hence it doesn’t come as a surprise that even a small little thing can push the morale of the Pakistani fans. But a Pakistani media news channel took things a bit too far to celebrate a pretty normal achievement otherwise. And it goes without saying that the news channel faced severe backlash for this.
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The ICC on Wednesday had kickstarted a poll asking fans to pick one among the four giants of the game as to proclaim who is the best among them all. The cricket’s governing body, ICC conducted a unique poll showcasing the accomplishments of the four charismatic leaders present in the poll. ICC went on to elaborate about these 4 players that how they elevated their game after taking over the captaincy duties for their respective national teams.
Imran Khan, the former World Cup-winning Pakistan captain and the current PM of the country defeated current Indian skipper Virat Kohli in an online Twitter poll. The poll was about who among the four (AB de Villiers, Meg Lanning, Imran Khan, and Virat Kohli) cricketers is the best? Imran Khan managed to win the poll by the barest of margins as 47.3% votes went to him while Kohli mustered a commendable 46.2%.
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Touting this win of Imran Khan in an online poll, a Pakistani news channel termed this development as breaking news. However, the Pakistani news channel was brutally trolled on Twitter for highlighting Imran’s mediocre poll victory as a piece of breaking news. The replies on the handle were extremely funnily while many netizens roasted the Pakistani media on the microblogging site.
The ICC to its credit went on to acknowledge the accomplishment of Imran Khan. In a social media post, it stated that “The indomitable Imran Khan has emerged as the highest-rated captain, beating Virat Kohli, Meg Lanning, and AB de Villiers in the poll.” Imran Khan is widely regarded as one of the best captains and he was inspirational to the core. The legendary Pakistani all-rounder had an average of 52.34 as the captain of the Asian giants. He captained his team to World Cup glory in 1992 when they were labelled as the cornered tigers.