2024-02-12 07:36:51
Mumbai,
Australia won the ICC Junior World Cup in South Africa. Uday Saharan-led defending champions India qualified for the finals without losing in the league and knockout rounds in a series aimed at early identification of future players. So the fans expected that India would retain the title of champion and win the trophy for the 6th time.
More than that, the fans were also hoping that India would retaliate by defeating Australia in this junior series after defeating them in the finals of the 2023 Test Championship and 50-over World Cup series in senior cricket.
But in the grand finale of the series held yesterday, Australia, who batted first, set India a target of 254 runs. After that, the Indian team, who set out for the target, were all out for 174 runs and suffered a defeat. It was once again a huge disappointment for crores of Indian fans.
Having lost to Australia in the 2nd ICC series last year, India have also suffered a disappointing hat-trick of defeats in addition to this one. In this case, fans from Pakistan are teasing India as usual on social media due to the defeat against Australia.
Especially in senior cricket for the last 10 years, the ICC has If you see that you are facing defeat in the knockout matches, the fans of that country are teasing India that they are not able to achieve in junior cricket as well.
Ex-Indian player Irfan Pathan, who was angry because of this, has responded to Pakistan fans on his X page saying that you are not qualified to talk about India after losing to Australia in the semi-finals of the same series.
In this regard, he posted as follows;- “Keyboard players across the border are happy with the failure of our young players when their U-19 team did not qualify for the finals. This negative attitude reflects the bad mood of their nation.”
Despite their U19 team not making it to the final, keyboard warriors from across the border find pleasure in our youngsters’ defeat. This negative attitude reflects poorly on their nation’s mindset. #padosi
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 11, 2024
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