What did Wasim Akram say in commentary? (Photo- Philip Brown/Getty Images)
The match played between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Asia Cup 2025 made headlines in the headlines. Pakistan’s team won by 41 runs in this match and qualified for Super-4. However, a lot of drama was also seen before this match. Pakistan’s team reached the field late for the match. At the same time, during the match, an incident happened which caught everyone’s attention. Actually, an umpire was injured due to the mistake of a Pakistani player. But during this time, former Pakistani player Wasim Akram said something like this, which caused a ruckus about it.
What did Wasim Akram say in commentary?
Actually, Pakistan was bowling in the second innings. Saim Ayub was on bowling and UAE batsman Dhruv Parashar was at the crease. During this over, Parashar touched the ball lightly and tried to get a single, although he could not steal runs. Then wicketkeeper Mohammad Harris hit the ball directly on the head of umpire Ruchira Palliaguruga, in a hurry to throw the non-strayer end. After this incident, umpire Palliaguruga had to be taken out of the field and reserve umpire Ghazi Sohail took his place.
During this time, Wasim Akram, who was commenting, immediately reacted to this incident and sat making controversial comments, which became viral on social media. Wasim Akram said, ‘directly on the head of the umpire, wow what a throw! Bulls! The job of the fielder does not have to hit the ball to the umpire… ”Let me tell you, the word ‘Bullsi’ is used to be used for accurate targets. In such a situation, this comment of Wasim Akram did not like the fans and fans put their class on social media. Some users even told this comment to inferior thinking.
Pakistan reached Super-4
Seeing the Race of Super-4, this match for Pakistan was like a do or die. However, Pakistan’s team managed to win in this match. Batting first in this match, he scored 146 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 9 wickets. But in response, the UAE team could play only 17.4 overs and was all out by scoring 105 runs. Shaheen Shah Afridi performed the most brilliant in this match for Pakistan. He scored an unbeaten 29 runs off 14 balls and then took 2 wickets.