‘Road pe khelenge to centuries banengi’ – Twitter trolls Shoaib Akhtar after he praises England’s batting against Pakistan

On Day One of the First Test between Pakistan and England, the Three Lions made a world record. They amassed 506/4 after 75 overs of play as the umpires called stumps due to bad light. Meanwhile, the Ben Stokes-led side became the first team to score more than 500 runs on the first day of the game. Previously, in the 1930s, they scored 588 runs but on the second day of the game.

Meanwhile, talking about the ongoing game, the visitors took advantage of the benign surface on offer in Rawalpindi. Notably, in March this year, the venue dished out the same surface in the game against Australia. Both teams scored heavily and the game ended in a dull draw. Meanwhile, the four England batters got to their hundreds, a record in itself.

During the Day’s play, former Pakistan speedster Shoiab Akhtar took to Twitter and praised England’s batting. He wrote “A start to a test match with two centuries with a strike rate of a hundred. This England team is surely reinventing the game.”

A start to a test match with two centuries with a strike rate of a hundred.
This England team is surely reinventing the game.

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 1, 2022

This tweet had some earned him some funny reactions and harmless trolls. Fans didn’t take much time to have a crack at the former cricketer.

This is how Twitter reacted

clever way to say pakistan not playing well….

— Motamarri.Naveen (@navin_ismy_name) December 1, 2022

Hello #PCB !!
Main cement Ka boht acha bowling all-rounder ho, ye Jo NHA sy apny road bnwai Hy main ispy apko wickets nikal k dy skta ho.#PAKvENG #PAKvsEng

— EngrSays☣️ (@Sixty9haha) December 1, 2022

Road pe khelenge to centuries to aayege he pcb walo ye kya pitch banaya

— shravann_rbri (@rshravan1414) December 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/b_shorya/status/1598261573113778176?s=20&t=-Qx2Q8o13Ex_8hdztNgBKA

Reinventing? Or Prolly just following suit? pic.twitter.com/LBXOOMDYuy

— Puneet Batra (@Maverick0685) December 1, 2022

सहवाग और गंभीर आज से 15 साल पहले ये सब कर चुके हैं ।

— Naveen Mittal (@sachkahun) December 1, 2022

And @TheRealPCB reinventing the Indus Valley Civilization roads https://t.co/5bBsgUMPRU

— Wani Basit (@AfandiBasit) December 1, 2022

No bro, may indus Valley civilization roads are more bouncy then this shit. Poor wicket, #PAKvENG #UKSePK

— Asad Mehmood (@theasadmehmood) December 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/korea_supreme/status/1598261636388646913?s=20&t=-Qx2Q8o13Ex_8hdztNgBKA

https://twitter.com/SalmanA73479011/status/1598244776880799745?s=20&t=-Qx2Q8o13Ex_8hdztNgBKA

After the Day One play, even Shoaib Akhtar criticized the wicket

After the day’s play, even Akhtar also had a change of opinion. He uploaded a video on Twitter and urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to look at the quality of pitches.

Kharab tabiyat pay hamara yeh haal kia hai England k players nay. Yeh theek hotay toh kya kertay. pic.twitter.com/rr8fUhBgzY

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 1, 2022

Talking further about the game, Day Two of the match has started and England has reached 536/5 in 80.3 overs, losing the wicket of Ben Stokes to Naseem Shah’s slower one. Not surprisingly though, Pakistan hasn’t opted for a new ball given the docile nature of the wicket. Also, Liam Livingstone, who came out to bat in his debut Test, got out after scoring nine runs. It seems that the team has decided to score as many runs as possible before getting bowled out. They have gotten 633/7 at the time of writing.