England cricket’s official fan group, ‘Barmy Army’ faced the backlash of cricketing fans in the sub-continent after they undermined the Pakistan-India rivalry by stating that the ‘Ashes’ is bigger than the matches between the two arch-rivals.
Barmy Army took to Twitter to troll the Pakistani and Indian fans after their epic clash in the 2022 Asia Cup last night. Barmy Army’s post went viral on the popular social media platform as they faced a strong retaliation from the cricketing fraternity in the two countries.
The fans from both countries criticized Barmy Army for the tweet as they stated that the cricket followers in both countries are much more than the rest of the cricket-playing nations combined. Few fans jokingly commended the Barmy Army’s efforts of uniting people from the neighboring countries under their tweet.
let’s have a look at some of the best reactions:
Viewership of match b/w India vs Pakistan is more than entire population of Britain and Australia https://t.co/eg4wULpIUF
— The Brain Doctor. (@DNeurosx) September 4, 2022
ashes can never ever come close to hype that pak v ind has, NEVER. https://t.co/BvaYWhBSv1
— zehra (@allaboutcrick74) September 4, 2022
When did you guys last Win the Ashes again? https://t.co/hlWt3DO8vb
— Hass (@GokboruWolf) September 4, 2022
we ain't looking for white validation so duck off https://t.co/vDcDKEVq06
— AB (@ab_panday) September 5, 2022
If I was an England fan, with the Ashes record Eng has, I'd downplay the Ashes if anything 😅 #INDvPAK https://t.co/zqFbIyt2lv
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) September 5, 2022
Finally India & Pakistan United in Something https://t.co/hjxzRbblu6
— `ash MSDian (@ashMSDIAN7) September 4, 2022
https://twitter.com/Amermalik12/status/1566695618633940992
quotes and replies on this tweet > ashes https://t.co/fzRiFqP0m3
— Anas Tipu (@teepusahab) September 4, 2022
Pakistan came out on top in the high-octane clash as they defeated its arch-rivals by chasing down a target of 182 with 5 wickets in hand. This was the second encounter between the two sides in the ongoing competition. Earlier, India had clinched a sensational win as they won the first match by 5 wickets.
There is a potential for the two sides to meet once again in the tournament if they manage to qualify for the final. Pakistan needs to win at least one of its remaining two matches to almost book its place in the final while India needs to win its remaining two matches by a fair margin to make it to the final.
