When we were 40 runs short, Yuvraj congratulated me and said I am leaving, I am not watching the match- Shahid Afridi
In the 19th match of T20 World Cup 2022, India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs. In this match, Team India, batting first, was all out for 119 runs in 19 overs. Pakistan seemed to be winning this match comfortably. But then Hardik Pandya gave two big blows to Pakistan by dismissing Fakhar Zaman (13) in the 13th over and Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Mohammad Rizwan (31) in the 15th over. The team could not recover from this and at the end of 20 overs, the team was able to score only 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
Meanwhile, after the India-Pakistan match, a video of the conversation between T20 World Cup 2024 Global Ambassador Yuvraj Singh and Shahid Afridi is becoming very viral on social media.
This conversation happened between Shahid Afridi and Yuvraj Singh
In the video going viral on social media, Yuvraj Singh asks Shahid Afridi, ‘Lala why are you sad, what happened’In response to this Afridi says, ‘Is it right to be sad or not, was this match going to be lost’,
Shahid Afridi then tells that when Pakistan needed 40 runs to win, Yuvraj Singh congratulated them for the victory. Afridi further said in the video, ‘When we had 40 runs left, Yuvraj congratulated me and said that I am leaving. I am not watching the match. I said Yuvraj, 40 runs are enough on this pitch, don’t congratulate me yet,
Yuvraj Singh then said to Afridi, ‘I told you Pakistan will win, but I still believed we (India) can win from there. Winning and losing is part of the game, the important thing is that our friendship should continue’.
Watch the video here-
Chit Chat of Shahid Afridi with Yuvraj Singh Regarding #PakvsInd Match pic.twitter.com/tMCfZdCt0Z
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In the Group-A points table, Team India is at the top with two wins and 4 points from two matches. Pakistan is at the fourth position with two losses from two matches. To keep alive the hopes of reaching the Super-8, Pakistan needs to win the match against Canada today (11 June).