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‘Racism on national TV’ – Wasim Akram faces fans’ backlash for his comments on Nicholas Pooran

Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in trouble as the two bowling greats passed offensive comments on Live TV.

Saksham Chauhanby Saksham Chauhan
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Two veteran Pakistan bowlers, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are facing heavy criticism over their unpleasant remarks about Scottish and Caribbean players. The two former cricketers were on the panel of discussion in ‘The Pavillion’ show of Pakistan’s ‘ASports’ TV channel while the offensive remarks were made. While Waqar Younis made objectionable comments regarding diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia, Wasim Akram went on to make racist remarks about one of the Caribbean players.

As a result, both Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are now facing a backlash as the netizens are heavily criticizing them for their offensive comments.

Wasim Akram makes a racist comment about Nicholas Pooran

Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were among the four cricket experts in the panel of discussion on the show, the other two experts being Misbah-Ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik. The discussion that was going on was about the match between Scotland and West Indies which had concluded earlier in the day. The host went on to ask the panel about the tactics that were used by the Scottish bowlers during the match as they were seen referring to a piece of paper before bowling their deliveries.

To this Wasim Akram replied on a funnier note, “I think his mother had asked him to bring 1kg ice and 3kg lemons. You guys tell me, the chit was not about the Duckworth Lewis thing.” Subsequently, Waqar Younis added to the joke by saying that he thinks that Akram might be right. Further Mishbah-Ul-Haq went on to say that it could be the strategy or the plan of action against a particular batsman that could be written on the chits. “It might be possible that they are suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia. We don’t know,” Younis replied while making fun of the Scottish players.

Shoaib Malik however agreed with Misbah and said that if the chit is seen closely, Nicholas Pooran’s name could be seen written on it. “We cannot see Pooran. How will we be able to see his name on that chit?” Akram instinctively replied to Malik.

Blatant racism on national television by Akram. "Pooran nazar nahi aata toh uska naam kahan se nazar aayega".

Waqar making fun of serious diseases and you will see a few Indian fans sucking hard to these two zaahils. https://t.co/YreJWSlXav

— Geopolitik (@geopolitiik) October 18, 2022

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These offensive comments by the two bowling greats have caught attention over social media and many are of the opinion that they should apologize for these shameful remarks.

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