Ben Stokes has a comeback for Pakistan fan on Twitter

Ben Stokes is expected to be involved in some lip service, no matter what the situation of the game is. Even when his team was not in a winning against Pakistan, it did not matter. In the first semi-final, England were upset by Pakistan after a clinical collective performance by their bowlers followed by an equally easy domination by the batsmen. Though the English team would have hoped that they could put up a fight till the time Stokes was at the crease, the damage had already been done by Pakistan and the road to the finals was a smooth journey, as a result. After the end of the 38th over, English all-rounder Ben Stokes was involved in a spat with Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim.

Some verbals were out there between Stokes and the Pakistan fielders throughout but it was when Imad Wasim got into the picture in an attempt to mimic throwing the ball towards the non-striker’s end where Stokes was standing, that it really got ugly. Stokes had already faced 30-odd balls and barely even managed 15 runs by that time and he was not in the best of positions to take some banter lightly. He ended up scoring 34 runs off 64 deliveries, and the absence of even a single boundary in his innings shows that it was an off-day for Stokes as much as it was for England.

There was expected to be some banter between those on the field but even the fans did not hesitate in indulging in “mental disintegration” for the England team by targeting Ben Stokes in particular. While sledging and chirping on the field in modern cricket enhances player performance, Ben Stokes was unable to cross 34 runs after facing 64 balls. Particularly because he kept losing partners at the other end.

Banter reaches Twitter

The banter between Pakistan and Stokes continued till Twitter as a Pakistani fan mentioned the English all-rounder saying that he was glad that abusing him from the stands worked. However, Stokes is not someone who will let it go without retaliation. He quoted the tweet and gave a good comeback by mocking the fan’s name used for the handle.

@benstokes38 i know we gave you abuse from the stands yesterday.. It worked quiet well as you were frustrated .. #intelligent #pakistan

— Imran khan (@imrankh4n) June 15, 2017

Nearly as intelligent as you replacing the A in your name with a 4…you're a bloody genius https://t.co/qrMMEE0Nnt

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) June 15, 2017

Though there were many defending the Pakistan fan, people majorly came to Stokes’ support as they continued to point out the fan’s grammatical errors and encouraged the all-rounder calling him a star regardless of what the result was.