Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Shami engage in Twitter war after Pakistan’s defeat in 20-20 World Cup final

On November 13, England lift the 20-20 World Cup title after 12 years. In the final of the recently-concluded tournament, they beat Pakistan by five wickets. Batting first, the 2009 winners could only manage 137/8 at the end of their innings. No batter could score a half-century. For England, Sam Curran took three wickets while Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid two each. Ben Stokes took one wicket as well.

In reply, the Three Lions chased down the target after losing five wickets and had an over to spare. While the English fans were celebrating, two cricketing stalwarts from different eras engaged in a Twitter war. After Pakistan’s defeat, former speedster Shoaib Akhtar posted a Tweet using broken hearts emoji. In reply, India pacer Mohammed Shami replied by saying “Sorry brother. It’s call karma.”

After this, the former Pakistan speedster, Akhtar posted a tweet of Harsha Bhogle’s tweet. The latter’s tweet reads  “And this what you call sensible tweet.”

Conversation between Shami and Akhtar

And this what you call sensible tweet .. pic.twitter.com/OpVypB34O3

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) November 13, 2022

With this win, the Jos Buttler-led side has become the second team in the history of the tournament to win two titles. Before them, the West Indies did it in 2012 and 2016. This time around, the Maroon Brigade crashed out after the first round, losing to Ireland and Scotland. Talking about England, they won it for the first time in 2010. Notably, in both campaigns (2010 and 2022), Paul Collingwood was part of the team.

12 years ago, he led the team to victory, and now he is part of the coaching staff. Also, England made another record after winning the title. Apparently, they are the first team to hold two World Cups (ODI and T20) and became the second team to hold two World Championship titles. India held the ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy titles after winning the latter in 2013 till 2015.