'Visit a mental doctor'- Twitter lashes out at Aaqib Javed for his 'IPL produces low quality bowling' statement

A recent statement by a former Pakistan cricketer regarding the Indian Premier League (IPL), has resulted in him getting brutally trolled. While it is no secret that the Indian T20 league is one of the biggest cricketing leagues, it also happens to be one of the biggest leagues across all sports. However, there have been a few critics of the IPL as well.

One of them happens to be the former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed, who recently tried to demean the biggest T20 league. In a recent interview, while praising the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he said that the IPL consists of “low-quality” bowling.

The 49-year-old spoke very highly of Pakistan’s T20 league. As a matter of fact, he went on to call it the “most interesting league in the world”. He then compared the pitch conditions of both, the IPL and PSL.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Aaqib Javed’s statement

Nice comedy from Aaqib Javed sir. @SajSadiqCricket Please post his next comedy as well. https://t.co/CjSkAltVoO

— Absolute fake Daniel Alexander (@mrcool0283) December 20, 2021

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— The Chhattisgarh (@ChhattisgarhThe) December 21, 2021

Aaqib Javed woke up today and decided not to be an idiot

— Haseeb Arshad (@HaseebTweets) December 12, 2021

A recent remark made by former Pakistan pacer Aaqib Javed in regards to the IPL has not sat well with Indian fans.https://t.co/lTxQx0rrIN

— HT Sports (@HTSportsNews) December 20, 2021

Seems weed travelled from rashid latifs house to aaqib javed's house now.. https://t.co/n2n7G0mvFz

— Prasan Kumar (@prasan_kumar) December 20, 2021

Pagal Aaqib Javed. Koi match bhi nahi dekhne aaya WI ke saath.

— Gajab Singh (@gajabsinghji) December 21, 2021

This fool #AaqibJaved thinks @IPL is not better than @OfficialPSL 🤣 – WHAT A JOKE!Also,says IPL doesn't have the quality bowlers and the manner of play is only of one kind – मतलब LOGIC की तो WATT लगा दी इस गधे ने!THE FACT IS THAT @IPL is not just far more superior league… (1/n

— Krit Yadav (@Kritart94625128) December 20, 2021

who is Aaqib Javed?

— KochiKame (@TweetECricket) December 20, 2021

Aaqib Javed does not use his brain usually.1st an unknown plyr n now a very young fast https://t.co/QSnpUPrvVE will impact his bowling

— Khurram Khan (@kaykay_1974) December 20, 2021

#aaqibjaved @akshaykumar pic.twitter.com/GStCdwc4F8

— #miLn (@KEVADIYAMILAN) December 20, 2021

If you look at IPL, there is only one type of cricket being played there: Aaqib Javed

“This [PSL] is the most interesting league in the world, if there are no interruptions due to Covid-19 or anything else, because of the nature of the pitches. For instance, Lahore’s pitch has some support for the bowlers, whereas you see higher scores in Karachi,” said Javed while speaking to PTV Sports. “On the other hand. If you look at IPL, there is only one type of cricket being played there due to extremely flat surfaces and low-quality bowling,” he said.

As a Pakistani journalist tweeted this quote, several Twitter users replied to that tweet and criticized the former coach of the Pakistan Under-19 team for his statement. His thoughts didn’t sit well with several cricket fans, and they started to mercilessly troll the former seamer. In the process, some Twitter users even compared both the T20 leagues, in order to show that the Indian T20 league was better.

From the likes of Dale Steyn to Mitchell Starc, the IPL has seen several world-class bowlers. In fact, many pacers established themselves in the international arena only after playing the toughest T20 league in the world. Last but not the least, be it spin-friendly or swing-friendly, this league has seen all kinds of tracks.