{"id":226220,"date":"2019-06-14T15:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T10:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=226220"},"modified":"2019-06-14T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T10:04:32","slug":"meet-the-man-behind-the-latest-cricket-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-the-man-behind-the-latest-cricket-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Man Behind The Latest Cricket Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few days back, Pakistan and Australia faced off in their World Cup match. The match might not have gone well for Pakistanis, but it sure gave us something to make our loss a lot less painful. We got this disappointed cricket fan, who has given Pakistani social media a new meme. Now we&#8217;re wondering who is this guy (legend).<\/p>\n<p>After a long day of mixed emotions, the Pakistani cricket team was batted out of the ballpark in a battle with Australia. Nothing captures that emotion perfectly than this man here:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme.jpg 800w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-192x108.jpg 192w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-384x216.jpg 384w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-728x409.jpg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-561x316.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-758x426.jpg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-85x48.jpg 85w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ICC-2019-meme-171x96.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That moment a &#8216;disappointed man&#8217; became an ICC 2019 meme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here was a Pakistani cricket fan who was captured in the stands, looking utterly disappointed as Asif Ali dropped a fairly easy catch.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahimaso\/status\/1138782304686551041<\/p>\n<p>ICC World Cup 2019&#8217;s &#8216;disappointed man&#8217; immediately became meme food in a matter of minutes. Next thing we know the guy went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;disappointed man&#8217; meme was used to express disdain at everything from cricket to false advertising.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brands: upto 50% OFF MEGA SALE<\/p>\n<p>You going there to find out it\u2019s only on three items from the last season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/coCqOOfF5g\">pic.twitter.com\/coCqOOfF5g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; S (@PsychedSam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PsychedSam\/status\/1139138574819962880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BhattiGalSun\/status\/1138811048755154944<\/p>\n<p>The real question here is who is this guy? Well, sports presenter Zainab Abbas got us covered. The International Cricket Cup commentator Zainab Abbas found and interviewed him to get the real story.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zainab-abbas-is-the-first-pakistani-woman-presenter-at-the-cricket-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zainab Abbas Is the First Pakistani Woman Presenter At The Cricket World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Man Behind the Meme<\/h3>\n<p>His real name is Mohammad Akhtar and we finally got the backstory to how he became the epitome of disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Akhtar is a resident of London and he had traveled over three hours to watch the game.<\/p>\n<p>He said what we all thought, <em>&#8216;how could you drop that piece of cake catch!&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was such a straight forward catch so it was really disappointing to see it in front of me being dropped.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FanahBaqah\/status\/1139065554994683904<\/p>\n<p>On the subject of being an runaway meme, Mohammad Akhtar says he&#8217;s cool with it. He said that couldn&#8217;t shout at Asif Ali because the cricketer recently lost his daughter to a fight against cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;Probably it showed on my face. Because I could see it land on his hand and then he dropped it. So it was really disappointing. But I couldn&#8217;t say anything. He [Asif Ali] had just come off a family tragedy so I couldn&#8217;t shout at him.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>via <a href=\"https:\/\/images.dawn.com\/news\/1183016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Images<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few days back, Pakistan and Australia faced off in their World Cup match. The match might not have gone well for Pakistanis, but it sure gave us something to make our loss a lot less painful. We got this disappointed cricket fan, who has given Pakistani social media a new meme. Now we&#8217;re wondering who is this guy [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-the-man-behind-the-latest-cricket-meme\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":226237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1293,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-226220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-lollywood","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Thank you Zainab Abbas!","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Zainab-Abbas-Mohd-Akhtar-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Zainab-Abbas-Mohd-Akhtar-758x433.jpg",758,433,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Zainab-Abbas-Mohd-Akhtar.jpg",1985,1133,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Lollywood","Social Media"],"title_text":"Meet The Man Behind The Latest Cricket Meme","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1293,1291&exclude=226220","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226220"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=226220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}