LOL Moment In Asia Cup! ‘Chacha’ Iftikhar Ahmed Calls Babar Azam ‘Bhatija’. Watch

Pakistan secured a complete 238-run win over Nepal within the 2023 Asia Cup opener in Multan. With the match returning to Pakistan after a spot of 15 years, the house staff placed on a commanding efficiency regardless of just a few hiccups. The spotlight of the night time was captain Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed’s 214-run stand, the very best fifth-wicket partnership for Pakistan. Babar slammed 151 off 131 on his technique to his nineteenth ODI century, whereas Iftikhar notched up his maiden ton.

Babar and Iftikhar propelled Pakistan to 342-6, earlier than the bowlers bundled out Nepal for 104.

After the match, a journalist requested Iftikhar, who is usually referred as “chacha” (uncle) by his teammates and followers, about his partnership with Babar. The journalist additionally known as Babar as Iftikhar’s “bhatija” (nephew) in the course of the dialog.

This drew a hilarious response from Iftikhar.

“Bhatija also gave confidence to chacha and chacha also gave confidence to bhatija. Babar is a world-class player. The way he handles strike rotation alleviates pressure. Consequently, we relished our time batting together,” Iftikhar stated on the press field in Multan.

Ifti Mania speaks in regards to the expertise & ease of Batting with a world class participant Babar Azam #PAKvNEP #AsiaCup2023 #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/U8yq27ilUL

— SAAD (@SaadIrfan258) August 30, 2023

The win over Nepal gave Pakistan, who rose to world primary within the ODI rankings final week, a great begin and ideal tune up for the excessive profile conflict towards arch-rivals India in Pallekele on Saturday.

The Asia Cup is being performed on a hybrid mannequin this yr with Pakistan internet hosting 4 matches and Sri Lanka 9 after India refused to tour Pakistan due to political tensions.