During his playing career, Shoaib Akhtar was known to upset a lot of feathers. He used to charge in with all his strength, terrorizing hitters with his wickets. He even owns the benchmark for the quickest delivery in international cricket. Yet. Injuries and scandals also played a role in Akhtar’s career. In the Indian Premier League, he also represented the Kolkata Knight Riders. Here you can know When Did Harbhajan And Shoaib Joined Twitter Banter.
Meanwhile, the Rawalpindi Express had a polite Twitter exchange with legendary bowler Harbhajan Singh. Both players are on the panel of experts for the T20 World Cup, which will be held in Oman and the UAE. Their chat amplified the anticipation for India’s match versus Pakistan on Sunday, October 24 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar engage in Twitter
“With Mr. I know it all @harbhajan_singh in Dubai for a pre-discussion about the mother of all competitions,” Akhtar wrote.
With Mr. I know it all @harbhajan_singh in Dubai for a pre discussion about the mother of all competitions. #Dubai #Pakistan #India #worldcup pic.twitter.com/40VS5vEMqB
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 16, 2021
Harbhajan isn’t one to remain silent for long. He responded appropriately to the former quick. “When u have 400 plus test wickets am sure you know more about cricket then someone with less than 200 wickets (sic),” Harbhajan replied.
When u have 400 plus test wickets am sure you know more about cricket then someone with less then 200 wickets 🤗 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/jXvdiYLyoE
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 17, 2021
Harbhajan Singh hasn’t featured any international cricket following India’s 2016 Asia Cup campaign in Bangladesh. Nonetheless, he is regarded as one of the game’s all-time greats, having taken over 400 Test wickets. In one-day internationals, he took 269 wickets. In total, he took over 1300 wickets in first-class, List A, and T20 cricket during his career.
There has already been a lot of anticipation around India’s forthcoming match versus Pakistan. In their previous 5 matches, India has come out on top each time. The two sides last competed in the 2016 T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue won the match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata following Virat Kohli’s half-century.
They clashed for the first time in T20Is in 2007. Team India won their first-ever encounter after the match went into a bowl-out. The same year, India defeated Pakistan in the finals in Johannesburg.
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