AFG vs UGA | Twitter reacts to embarrassed Farooqi laughing in disbelief after getting second shot at hattrick

06/04/2024

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Rarely are there blatant mismatches at the very elite stage of a professional sport but it comes with the territory in cricket's efforts of global expansion. Fazalhaq Farooqi proved to be the beneficiary of such a difference in class in Guyana with a historic performance against Uganda.

Afghanistan hardly had to break a sweat en route to a mammoth victory against newcomers Uganda in their World Cup opener against Uganda on Tuesday. The side put up a daunting target of 184 for the Cranes on the back of a 154-run opening stand between Rahmanullah Gurbaaz and Ibrahim Zadran before Fazalhaq Farooqi demolished the opposition with sensational figures of 5/9 in his four overs. The right-arm quick had delivered twin blows in the opening over itself and it had taken a valiant block by Riazat Ali Shah to deny him a hattrick. When the opportunity for three on the trot arose again, Farooqi hilariously showcased self-awareness of the difference in skill level between the two opposition sides.

In the 13th over of the innings, Farooqi bowled a slow cutter into the duck that flummoxed Riazat to crash into the stumps, bringing skipper Brian Masaba to the crease. The batter was greeted by a seam-up delivery wide of the stumps and sensing an opportunity, he went hard at the Kookaburra only to get a thick outside edge that was safely grabbed by Rahmanullah Gurbaaz behind the stumps. Having bowled disciplined lines and lengths throughout the match, Farooqi was embarrassed at having earned not only a scalp but a chance at a hattrick form such a loose delivery and let it show by laughing out loud before nestling his face into his palm.

Twitterati however had no qualms at celebrating Farooqi's efforts regardless of the quality of the delivery and heaped praise on the pacer.

Farooqi Special

— Jackson Hernandez (@JHernandez9286)

Breaking records

Ugandan batsmen helping Farooqi break some records right now 😭
— AK (@TheCaptainHalal)

Clean bowled

What a clean bowled wicket by Farooqi 🔥🔥and got back to back 2 wickets

Fazal Haq Farooqi got 4 wicket😱

Uga:47-7(12.2)
— Hitartha Bairagi (@BairagiHitartha)

Two in two

Two in two for Farooqi for the second time this evening!
— Aqdas Rehman (@AqdasRehman)

Literally

Farooqi on fire! 🔥
— T (@teecha_)

Simply world class

Fazalhaq Farooqi with an opening over even Shaheen Afridi would be proud of. Simply world class 🇦🇫🔥🔥
— cricket fans club (@Muhib8992)

Pretty good

Farooqi has become a much difficult bowler to get away. Along with Naveen, they are a pretty good fast bowling line up besides top quality spinning attack!

How do you rank Afghanistan's bowling attack among Asian teams?

Do they have a better spin attack than Pakistan and…
— Basit Subhani (@BasitSubhani)

Itelligent

Bowlers like Farooqi , Naveen ul haq , Omarzai , Dilshan Madhushanka are very intelligent bowlers .

But RCB will never look for these kind of bowlers in auction bcz they play for Afg & SL . they always waste money to buy some SENA bowlers
— 𝙍𝘿𝙆 𝘿𝙖𝙨 (@WasChampVirat18)

Fiery start