Sarfraz Ahmed was verbally abused by a fan in a shopping mall in London
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was verbally abused and body shamed by a fan while he was with his family and carrying his young son in a shopping mall in London.
Sarfraz was obviously frustrated with the fan, who kept repeating the word “mota”, which means fat.
However, the Pakistan skipper did not answer back and kept on walking with his son in his arms.
No manners. No respect. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour. Yes the performances have not been good but the players don't deserve such abuse #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/o8rMNTVGXI
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 21, 2019
After receiving a tremendous amount of backlash, the fan apologised for his behaviour.
Power of Social Media, The guy who misbehaved with Sarfaraz Ahmed, makes an apology. Thank you @WaseemBadami @javerias @WasayJalil @AamirLiaquat @AhmedRazaQadri @Mustafa_Chdry @newspaperwallah @saurabh_42 for helping me in spreading this video. Should he be forgiven now? pic.twitter.com/vGAbT742ds
— Syed Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) June 21, 2019
However, Sarfraz wasn’t the only one targeted as an eyewitness said that opener Imam-ul-Haq and batsman Babar Azam were also taunted by a group of youngsters.
“Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam were outside a shopping mall when a group of youngsters taunted them, it was difficult time for players,” the eyewitness told The News International.
The incident comes after Pakistan lost to arch-rivals India by 89 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in their World Cup clash last Sunday.
India’s victory extended their unbeaten streak against Pakistan as they have now won all seven of their meetings against their arch-rivals in the World Cup.
To make matters worse, Pakistan have now only won one of the five World Cup games they have played.
Pakistan’s next World Cup match will be against South Africa at Lord’s on Sunday.
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