Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Amir engage in verbal battle on social media
A banter that turned into catfighting.
What started as a light-hearted banter between Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Amir, turned into an ugly spat on social media. The duo was engaged in mudslinging on Twitter late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, days after Pakistan’s win over India in the T20 World Cup.
The duel started with Harbhajan responding to a tweet by Mohammad Amir from October 25, where the latter had made fun of the former over Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India. In response, Harbhajan Singh shared a video from the 2010 Asia Cup, where he had hit the winning runs for India against Pakistan off the bowling of Amir.
https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/1453058886420807684
In reply, Mohammad Amir hit back at Harbhajan Singh with a video of a 2006 Test match in Lahore where Shahid Afridi had hit Harbhajan for four consecutive sixes to tear apart India’s bowling.
https://t.co/tZGLtwBKCa me busy tha @harbhajan_singh apki bowling dekh raha tha test jab LaLA ne apko 4 bowls pe 4 sixes mare thay but cricket hai lag sakte but test cricket me 😅😅😅😅thora ziada ho gia tha
— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) October 26, 2021
Harbhajan Singh, in reply, digs deep to remind Mohammad Amir of his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal in the Lord’s Test against England.
“Lords mai no ball kaise ho gya tha ?? Kitna liya kisne diya ? Test cricket hai no ball kaise ho sakta hai ? Shame on u and ur other supporters for disgracing this beautiful game (“How was there a no ball at Lord’s? How much did you take (and) who paid you? How can someone deliver a no ball in Test cricket?”),” Harbhajan Singh wrote on Twitter.
Lords mai no ball kaise ho gya tha ?? Kitna liya kisne diya ? Test cricket hai no ball kaise ho sakta hai ? Shame on u and ur other supporters for disgracing this beautiful game https://t.co/nbv6SWMvQl
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 26, 2021
He continued the disgraceful rant against Mohammad Amir in a couple of more tweets.
For people like you @iamamirofficial only Paisa paisa paisa paisa .. na izzat na kuch aur sirf paisa..bataoge nahi apne desh walo ko aur supporters ko k kitna mila tha .. get lost I feel yuk talking to people like you for insulting this game and making people fool with ur acts https://t.co/5aPmXtYKqm pic.twitter.com/PhveqewN6h
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 26, 2021
Fixer ko sixer.. out of the park @iamamirofficial chal daffa ho ja pic.twitter.com/UiUp8cAc0g
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 26, 2021
Mohammad Amir continued the duel further bringing up Harbhajan Singh’s bowling action, which was once touted as illegal. However, it was later cleared by the ICC.
Bare hi dheet ho talking about my past wouldn't change the fact that tumko 3 din pehle moun ki khani pari. and how about your illegal bowling action mate ab nikal or humko WC win karta dekh. walk over tu nhi mila jao Park me walk karo u'll feel better @harbhajan_singh https://t.co/i1dCh7I28c
— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) October 26, 2021
Speaking of cricket, Pakistan have won both their games so far to take one step closer to the ICC T20 World Cup semifinals. On the other hand, India will hope to bounce back when they play New Zealand on Sunday.
