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Pakistan legend Waqar Younis has come out with a fiery response on social media after ex-cricketer Mohammad Hafeez questioned the legacy of the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s stars. A clumsy incident on reside tv noticed Hafeez saying that the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s stars couldn’t encourage the subsequent technology by failing to win quite a few ICC occasions throughout their time. “I am a huge fan of those who played in the 1990s but when it comes to legacy, they left nothing for Pakistan. They didn’t win an ICC event – they lost the (World Cups of) 1996, 1999 and 2003. We reached one final (in the 1999 World Cup) and lost that badly. As stars, as players, they were the mega superstars. But then they couldn’t inspire us by winning an ICC event. Then came a difficult period that we had to go through and then in 2007 we lost the final (of the T20 World Cup).,” Hafeez mentioned throughout a dialogue on PTV Sports activities.
Quite the opposite, Hafeez lauded Pakistan’s T20 World Cup (2009) and Champions Trophy (2017) profitable sides. He additionally defined why gamers like Babar Azam get idolised by followers.
” In 2009 we won under Younis Khan’s captaincy and so there was an inspiration for the next generation. Then unfortunately a bad incident happened with Pakistan cricket and we have still not been able to recover from that. Then we won the 2017 Champions Trophy, that was a huge source of inspiration. People idolise Babar Azam today and that is because even if he didn’t play a big hand in that event, he was there. So that thing about winning ICC events, this the superstars of the 1990s couldn’t do, with all due respect to their talents,” he added.
Waqar replied to Hafeez’s assault on the legacy of Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s stars. Sharing his and one other Pakistan nice Wasim Akram’s stats on social media, Waqar wrote “90’s KA LONDA (Boys of 90s)”. He additionally metioned the variety of Assessments and ODI matches performed and wickets taken by the duo.
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) March 6, 2025
The Pakistan cricket group completed its marketing campaign at Champions Trophy 2025 on an embarrassing be aware. Whereas the aspect did not win first two of its matches in opposition to New Zealand and India, it shared factors with Bangladesh in its last sport of the event. The eventual end result noticed Mohammad Rizwan and co. end on the backside spot within the Group A desk with one level and a internet run charge (NRR) of -1.087.
It was a shameful end for Pakistan, who weren’t solely the defending champions but in addition the hosts for the event. Pakistan turned the defending champions with worst-ever end within the occasion historical past. They surpassed Australia’s earlier file of 1 level and -0.680 NRR that had come within the 2013 Champions Trophy.
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