Sania Mirza hits back at Pakistan journalist who pinned Asia Cup failure on Shoaib Malik
Sania Mirza hit back at a Pakistani journalist on Thursday after the latter tried to troll her husband Shoaib Malik. The Pakistan cricket team crashed out of the ongoing Asia Cup on Wednesday after losing to Bangladesh in a Super Fours match.
The journalist tried to pin the blame for the defeat on Malik with a tweet in Urdu that translated to: "Someone should ask Shoaib Malik if he has impressed Sania Mirza, can he play for the team in the next tournament? After pleasing his wife, can he do what the nation expects from him?"
Sania was quick in responding to the ridiculous tweet: "Arre bechaara.. clearly the poor guy has been watching a different Asia Cup."
For the uninitiated, registered scores of 9, 19, 51, 78 and 30 runs respectively in the 2018 Asia Cup. This clearly proves that the 36-year-old was one of the standout batsmen in the Pakistani team, let alone being the weakest one.
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 37 runs in their Asia Cup 2018 Super Fours clash at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The match was a virtual semi-final and enabled Bangladesh's safe passage to Friday's final against India in Dubai.
The win was achieved on the back of Mushfiqur Rahim's valiant 99 runs from 116 deliveries and Mustafizur Rahman's four-wicket haul. Rahim became the first Bangladeshi batsman to be dismissed on 99 in an ODI as he missed out on a richly-deserved hundred. The keeper-batsman's heroics, though, propelled his team to a competitive 239 all-out in 50 overs.