Indian fans lash out at Waqar Younis for questioning few Indian players’ sportsmanship

The clash on Sunday was supposed to be England versus an amalgamation of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. All the other Asian teams needed the Men in Blue to come up trumps to have a realistic chance of making it to the semi-finals. But things didn’t go as plan for India as they lost the match by 31 runs. Rather the way MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav played in the last five overs raised many eyebrows and among them was the former Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis.

With the win over India, England have revived their World Cup hopes and has put Pakistan and Bangladesh’s fortunes on the tenterhooks. Sri Lanka have been knocked out of the tournament as well. The dependent Asian teams now would want New Zealand to beat England in the final league game apart from winning their respective matches. Pakistan still have a decent though but the Kiwis will have to get the better of the hosts at any cost.

A lot of permutations have changed with India’s loss and Waqar Younis took a dig at the sportsmanship of the few of the Indian players for the way they approached the chase only to attract the ire of the Indian fans. It’s not who you are.. What you do in life defines who you are… Me not bothered if Pakistan gets to the semis or not but one thing is for sure.. Sportsmanship of few Champions got tested and they failed badly #INDvsEND #CWC2019,” he wrote in a tweet.

It’s not who you are.. What you do in life defines who you are.. Me not bothered if Pakistan gets to the semis or not but one thing is for sure.. Sportsmanship of few Champions got tested and they failed badly #INDvsEND #CWC2019

— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) June 30, 2019

It didn’t go down well with the Indian fans clearly and they lashed out at the former cricketer. There was nothing related to sportsmanship in losing and winning the game and Waqar’s tweet was clearly out of context. The fans also pointed out the same and adviced him to not be dependent.

Jadhav and Dhoni’s approach questioned by many

However, a lot of former cricketers have come down hard at the way India chased down the total. Especially the last five overs when Jadhav and MS Dhoni batted. The duo added 39 runs in their partnership but there was no intent in their batting which left the fans disappointed. Even the likes of Nasser Hussain and Sourav Ganguly were baffled and criticised them on air.

Here’s how Waqar Younis had to face the wrath of the Indian fans:

Don’t even talk about sportsmanship @waqyounis99 !! That’s well documented in World Cricket !! Ask your boys to play good cricket, consistent cricket !!

— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) July 1, 2019

Khud Ki team ne jhande gaade hain jo dusro pe bakwaaaas karne chale aaye? ????

— Shivanshi Dixit (@ShivanshiDixit) July 1, 2019

Very irresponsible tweet. Who are u pass such judgement? If ur team suspect any foul play, lodge a complaint with ICC, let them investigate. There are hundreds of instances where ur team have collapsed like a pack of cards from a winning situation. Shall we pass the judgement?

— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) July 1, 2019

Team tumhari ganda khele tab bhi tum logo ne rona hota hai aur jab doosrei ki khele tab bhi , bloody classless people.! I wonder if there are free minded people exist in Pakistan .!??

— Aman singh (@jay97aman) June 30, 2019

You guys should win on your own strength. Don’t whine on SM. Others won’t do it for you. It is others’ game. Why the hell they should play it for you ?

— ???????????????????????????????????????? (@venketeshrr) July 1, 2019

Waqar. I’ve got a huge amount of respect for you as you know. But that tweet is inflammatory and quite frankly irresponsible.
As soon as Hardik was out India knew chances of a win were gone and protected their NRR.
It’s a tournament.
Not everyone is out to get you!

— CricketBadger (@cricket_badger) June 30, 2019

So in short the great Waqar pen!s accepts porkistan can’t qualify into the semis on their own merit.. and now you losers will be wishing and hoping NZ beats eng by a big margin.. bloody bunch of jokers ????????

— Chowkidar mango man ???????? (@PichattisSaalKa) July 1, 2019

How can you make such allegations ?

When you team plays badly consistently at the start of the CWC that time u didn’t suspect any foul play ??

Our team plays one bad game & All Hell Breaks Lose On PAK Twitter ????????‍♀️

Please concentrate on your team’s progress ????

— Dr Khushboo ???? (@khushikadri) July 1, 2019

मतलब भाई सचिन ने तुम्हें 2003 WC मे धो डाला था और जहा तक मुझे याद है आप ने 8 ओवर मे 71 रन लुटाये थे तो क्या आपने आप के मुल्क ???????? के साथ गद्दारी की थी उस मैच में सही सही बताना.

— Mitesh Patel(મિતેષ પટેલ)???????? (@patelmitesh_) July 1, 2019

pakistanis please stop preaching sportsmanship. What do you know about it sadak chaaps? Yes India won another fight with you without a fight. We dont want to give you a free piggy ride on our back. Go work for it. You had too many free lunches to realize what a honest job is

— Swamiye Sharanam (@kutty983) July 1, 2019

Ab pakistaniyose sports man ship silhani padegi?. ????
If u ppl had sportsmanship u cud have Lost match against west indies( 15-20 years ago) i think courteny walsh was balling, abdul qadir batsman at umpire end. Qadir was not is creeze but walsh warned him and didnt hit stumps cnt

— amardasbhalla अमरदास भल्ला (@amardasbhalla) July 1, 2019

Waqar as a bowler you need to back woakes bowled a dream spell with archer. Let’s not take away credit of Eng bowlers. Also toss played a vital part. Accept your short comings, don’t be an imaginary victim! FYI the team score 278 runs in 40 overseas if u take away 10 over beg.

— Natarajan நடராஜன் (@NTanjore) July 1, 2019