'Pakistan ki Road pitches nahi milegi tum ko world cup me' - Fans react to Imam-ul-Haq calling Pakistan 'Balanced ODI side'

Pakistan opening batter Imam-ul-Haq has claimed that his national side has the right balance ahead of the Asia Cup 2023. The Green Brigade will play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan starting on August 22. After the series, the team will participate in the Asia Cup which will be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, ahead of the series, Haq has said that playing India and against India can be a life-changing experience.

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"Playing against India and playing in India can be life-changing. Our ODI team is very, very good and we have a balanced team. I don't think we could have had a better team, everyone knows his role in the team. We know our fans are expecting a lot from us, our ODI team is the best".

I don't want my parents to watch me play inside a stadium; Imam-ul-Haq

The left-hander also touched upon being 'labeled' as a player playing for the national side because his uncle and former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was a chief selector previously. Notably, the former has been repeatedly called 'parchi' a term used for a player who is alleged to playing for the team due to references from influential people.

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“My parents want to watch me play, but they have not seen me play at a venue even once. Even I don’t want them to. I don’t want my mother hear someone utter parchi when I am fielding on the boundary. All this is normal to me. Whenever I am dismissed cheaply, they will not look at what I have achieved in my past but simply utter parchi. I do not want my family to be exposed to that.

“The first time my sister watched me play was in 2022, when both West Indies (ODIs) and England (a Test match) played at Multan. By then I was a senior member of the side. The fact that my family could not attend the matches was a mental torture for me,” Haq said in a podcast with Daniyal Sheikh.

This is how Twitter reacted

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Playing against India in India >>>>> playing against India in Dubai or Australia it's really difficult
Even Australians said this

— Tas 🇮🇳 (@TasneemKhatai1) August 21, 2023

Abey hutye Pakistan ki Road pitches nahi milegi tum ko😂😂😂 world cup me tumhare 80% match spin pitch pe hai aur tumhari aukat Pakistan k highway pitches pe khelne ki hai... Banglore aur Ahmadabad me tumhe sirf batting pitch milega baaki sab pitch pe tum apni pitch miss karoge

— Amod Pandey (@AmodPan32589033) August 21, 2023

brothers, please help me here. all of a sudden his uncle is a selector Imam has now become a permanent fixture in the team. Under what performances and isn't this nepotism. kindly bring back azam khan too

— Asim Alam (@asimalam2010) August 21, 2023

Wo Shahid Afridi v aaya tha 2011 world cup ka semifinals bhul gye Miya 😂😂😂 aap log kitna Jaleel hote world cup mai jante hi honge.

— Shimpy Jha (@shimpy_jha) August 21, 2023

List of Pakistan players with 50+ batting average in ODIs:

Babar Azam
Imam ul Haq

End of list

— The Green Fortress 💚🇵🇰💚 (@eyed_virgo) August 22, 2023

Still lost to eng..nz ..aus at home ..oops

— Rahul Verma (@RahulVe06359104) August 22, 2023

Aajao beta , maaza ayega

— 🅲🆁🅸🅲🅺🅴🆃 🅻🅾🆅🅴🆁 (@SayanMo23558129) August 22, 2023

Vijay Shankar laughing from corner.

— Rahul (@Satveer77829463) August 21, 2023

India me india wale run ni bna paate chutiyo ....yaha ki pitches khatrnak hai ...

— Sandeep Soni (@ItsSanav) August 22, 2023

Indian he Pindi ki peach nahi he had marlege

— Jayesh hadgarada (@HadgaradaJ47112) August 21, 2023

Pod cast ka link send Karo..yaar

— Gourav singh (@Gouravs83181809) August 22, 2023