Another inexplicable display of Sunday league fielding and irresponsible batting saw Pakistan lose to Sri Lanka by 13 runs in the third and final T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on Wednesday.
The result heaped on the world’s top-ranked T20I side the embarrassment of being whitewashed 3-0 on their own turf by a side that had not only left as many as 10 players home but was also resting five others.
At first, Sarfaraz and co dropped a plethora of catches, which largely went unpunished as a third-string Sri Lanka side posted a 148-run target — hardly sizable by any means.
However, familiar batting woes emerged as Pakistan failed to chased down even that modest looking target.
The trio of Babar Azam, Haris Sohail and Sarfaraz Ahmed batted slowly in the middle overs and lost their wickets when fully set. The pace of their scoring left for the lower-order batsmen a mountain to climb.
As expected, Twitterati took out their frustration on the team. It goes without saying that a number of tweets ranging from funny to hilarious to downright condescending were sent against the team
Here’s how twitterati reacts:
“Team ki selection hee ghalat thi, mein as a coach kya karta.” pic.twitter.com/ocZzr3oidz
— SIR .. (@SirJohnRoe) October 9, 2019
Aaj memes khatam hogaye. Hamari team ki harkatein nahi khatam hoyeen.
— PSL Memes (@PSLMemesWalay) October 9, 2019
13 say Ntaional Twenty20 shuro ho raha hai. Misbah Microsoft Excel Haq nay phir top scorer ko khial dena hai next series main haha
— Ammar Ashraf (@AmmarAshraf) October 9, 2019
Only guy who can break Umar Akmal number of ducks record in T20 🙁 https://t.co/uHle9Xjz39
— Ahmed (@AhmedDamn) October 9, 2019
Pakistan ke illawa duniya ki kisi dusri T20 team mein Iftikhar Ahmed/Ahmad Shahzad/Umar Akmal/Asif Ali Shoaib Malik ki jagah nahi khel saktey.
— SIR .. (@SirJohnRoe) October 9, 2019
Sri Lanka ki B team thi ye. Humari tou shayad phir is hisaab se F thi. Total fail.
— . (@Choisaaab) October 9, 2019
Fawad Alam ki bad duaein aaj takk lagg rahi hai hamari team ko 🙁
— Ahmed (@AhmedDamn) October 9, 2019
Misbah bhai dua kareinga humaray liye bhi. Humein bhi aglay 3 saal kaafi taaqat aur sabr ki zaroorat hai. https://t.co/ZxUs9g765j
— کاظمی (@HaayeShabbir) October 9, 2019
پولیس نے سری لنکا کے کھلاڑیوں کی سیکورٹی چھوڑ کر پاکستانی کھلاڑیوں کی سیکیورٹی سخت کر دی ، ذرائع
— Broken News (@NewsParodyPk) October 9, 2019
Aisi team hai tabhi tou Hafeez retirement nahi le raha hai.
— M. Sarosh Ebrahim (@msarosh) October 9, 2019
The moment she realized that” Ticket lene sa acha tha ma lawn ka suit la leti”
#PAKvsSL #UmarAkmal pic.twitter.com/OpdPEvBMZ1— Syed Muhammad Raza (@razashah1024) October 7, 2019
Our coach Misbah need to take his own decision when it comes to selection instead of relying on selection chairman Misbah… huh
— Ahmed (@AhmedDamn) October 9, 2019
SARFARAZ DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE IN THE TEAM.
— Osama. (@ashaqeens) October 9, 2019
