Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, who is the staunchest critics of the Indian team, also could not believe his eyes when he saw India getting all out for just mere 36 runs during their second innings at Adelaide Oval against Australia. India has lost that match by eight wickets.
In his recent video uploaded on his YouTube channel, Shoaib Akhtar humorously took a dig at India for collapsing early on day three of the first Test. He shared an interesting story that he thought India had scored 369 but after clearly gazing at the TV screen, he noticed that there was a dash between 36 and 9.
Shoaib Akhtar, further, added that it was an embarrassing batting and loss for the world’s mighty India.
“I woke up and the morning and switched on the TV. Could not see the match yesterday night. I saw India had put 369 on the board. Then I rubbed my eyes and saw carefully, I saw it’s 36 and there is a slash before 9 and one is retired hurt. Embarrassing loss. Embarrassing batting, the world’s mighty batting crumbling down,” Shoaib Akhtar said.
Bare it and bare the criticism: Shoaib Akhtar
However, the former Pakistan cricketer didn’t stop there but he further rubbed salt on the wound of Indian fans, adding that his neighbourhood had registered an even low total than Pakistan. But he also sympathizes, stating that nothing can be done but India will have to bear the criticism.
“They broke our record also. 36 all out! This is a disgraceful performance, it’s terrible. But happiest that they broke our (Pakistan’s) record. Anyway, this happens in cricket. Bare it and bare the criticism, this is going to happen to you now. So, mighty India comes crumbling down. This is bad news,” Shoaib Akhtar added.
Earlier, not even a single Indian batsmen could score in double digits as pacer Josh Hazlewood scalped 5 wickets for just 8 runs in the 2nd innings.