Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: Empty Stadium & Power Cut, Fans Troll On Twitter
Oct 2, 2019 at 4:17 PM
Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan is crucial for Pakistan for many reasons but the 2nd ODI of the three-match series was embarrassing. The match had to go ups and down because of electricity failure. The match was played at the National Stadium (Karachi).
This was the first ODI of the visitors after the 2009 incident where Sri Lankan players were attacked by terrorist in Lahore. Pakistan is playing in their soil from 2015. This was an important match for Sarfaraz Ahmed-led Pakistan team as they are playing after so many years in the home ground. But the electricity problem made it more miserable and the match became a subject of mockery between the fans.
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Here are some Twitter reaction from fans-
Shame on PCB
Shame on Sindh Govt.
Shame on Stadium ManagementToo much embarrassment#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/uX2r2pJbZb
— hassan.eth 🧱🚀 (@iits_hassan) September 30, 2019
Match Hota Hai Light Chali Jati hai : sarfaraz ahmed#CricketBack10Years #PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/umD3Kbh776
— Malik Atif Zaman (@ImAtifZaman10) September 30, 2019
It was to be noticed that the stadium was empty too. Before the series started, Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed requested Pakistan public to come in good numbers to celebrate the special day in Pakistan cricket history. But it was felt that the fans had no interest to watch the match. Twitter was full of trolls with these two subjects.
Cricket returns to Pakistan after 10 years. Empty stadiums and floodlights were fantastic 🤣😂🤣 #PAKvSL #PAKvsSL pic.twitter.com/6r00Or3lAT
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) September 30, 2019
Empty Stadium was Fantastic 😂😂#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/3Iv5nRXlle
— Aman Srivastav (@wakeupamu) September 30, 2019
Though Pakistan has a good start in three-match ODI series as they won the second match by 67 runs. Babar Azam scored a century and helped Pakistan to set a target of 306 runs for the visitors. Pakistan bowling department was also attacking. Usman Shinwari picked five crucial wickets of Sri Lankan players. The top-order batsman of Sri Lanka was out very early. The score was 28/5 when Shehan Jayasuriya and Dasun Shanka built a strong partnership but it was not able to finish the match.
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The last and third ODI will be played on 2nd October and then the T20I series is lined up which will be played from 5 October.