'Military training ke chakkar mein cricket khelna bhool gaye': Babar Azam’s team brutally trolled as US defeat Pakistan in T20 World Cup match

Chandigarh, June 6

The United States defeating Pakistan in a Super Over in Dallas on Thursday would be one of the biggest upsets in Twenty20 World Cup history.

The Babar Azam-led team was brutally trolled for their lacklustre performance and poor bowling display in the game.

Pakistan, the 2009 champions, recovered from a poor start to score 159-7 but the US plundered 14 runs from their final over to finish on 159-3 and send the match to a Super Over.

As the tournament co-hosts made 18-1, helped by two wides from Pakistan, before restricting their opponents to 13-1 to seal a famous victory, the men in green were all over the Internet with netizens trolling them.

They joked over Pakistan team’s fitness training at a military camp saying ‘Military training ke chakkar mein cricket khelna bhool gaye'(it did not benefit them at all)”.

The team had undergone a military drill for better fitness two months ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had called 29 players to take part in the fitness camp at Abbottabad’s Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) in Kakul.

Video clips showed players scaling nets, clearing hurdles and sprinting with tenacity.