'Batters can breathe easy' - Pakistani fans trolled the Indian team after the exclusion of Shaheen Afridi from the Asia Cup 2022

In a big piece of news, pace bowling spearhead of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 commencing on the 27^th of August later this month. Pakistani team will start their campaign in the tournament against the arch-rivals India on the 28^th of August.

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The exclusion of Afridi from the tournament has come as a major blow to the men in green before this major multi-team continental tournament. He was one of the major threats for the Indian team and other teams as well during the Asia Cup 2022.

He had played a vital role in the amazing victory of Pakistan over India in the last encounter during the T20 World Cup 2021. The 22-year-old star pacer troubled the top order of the Indians by scalping the big wickets including the likes of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, and former skipper Virat Kohli.

Here's how Twitter trolled the team India after the exclusion of Shaheen Shah Afridi

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As soon as this news flashed into the media corridors, Pakistani fans took no time in trolling the men in blue by saying they were lucky.

No Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Afridi in Asia Cup 2022❌❌

Batters can breathe easy👍#AsiaCup2022 #PAKvIND

— Sasti Chawlen (@sheikh_k_tweets) August 20, 2022

Shaheen Afridi ruled out of Asia Cup. PAK awam begging PCB to bring back Mohammad Amir & not Hassan Ali. pic.twitter.com/77RxWzAhJ2

— Call me Weird But (@CallmeweirdBut) August 20, 2022

Shaheen Afridi ruled out of Asia cup;
Hassan Ali likely to replace him
Me::: pic.twitter.com/sm2J9NekoF

— 🌼🌼 (@Ha_RRison24) August 20, 2022

BREAKING: Shaheen Afridi has been ruled out of Asia Cup 2022.

*Meanwhile: pic.twitter.com/3bCU4nTz7s

— 💀||-irtiz-||👑 (@irtiz19) August 20, 2022

Shaheen Afridi Ruled Out from Asia Cup...

Indian Top Order: pic.twitter.com/VxYTb4dnPV

— Saq!b (@iamSaqibAliAwan) August 20, 2022

#AsiaCup2022 #shaheenafridi
Shaheen afridi ruled out of the Asia cup 2022...some Pakistani fans made fun on bumrah when he is ruled out of Asia cup...
Karma is bommerang 🙃.....
Anyway get well soon #ShaheenShahAfridi pic.twitter.com/ZBTJw2ZfPS

— Manohar Manu (@Manohar39543299) August 20, 2022

Shaheen Afridi ruled out from Asia cup
Indian batsman’s pic.twitter.com/h7Pmzdzhg3

— Call me Weird But (@CallmeweirdBut) August 20, 2022

Pct fans after hearing Shaheen Afridi is ruled out 😭💔 #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/iDKIdr5LR0

— 152_0🕸(tota hoa saz hn) (@GURL_SALEHA) August 20, 2022

Knee injury ka bhana karke nikal leta hoon warna ROHIT RAHUL KOHLI bhaut marenge......

😂 😂
Shaheen Afridi 😂

— Bd.Copper (@copper_bd) August 20, 2022

Here’s a look at squads of India and Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2022

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.

Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.

Pakistan's Squad

Babar Azam (C), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.

Complete schedule of the 15^th edition of the Asia Cup

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