ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is around the corner. Everyone is excited yet nervous. All the fans are waiting to cheer for their country. The biggest tournament is all set to raise its curtain on October 5. In the inaugural match, England and New Zealand will face each other. But before the main matches, all teams will play warm-up matches. Warm-up matches are played in three venues, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and Hyderabad. New Zealand and Pakistan are facing each other on September 29 at Hyderabad. The match is going on but something special is on the ground caught netizen’s attention.
What is the matter?
New Zealand is facing Pakistan at Hyderabad. But other than the cricket something caught the attention. The name of the attention is Akshay Totre. Now the question is who is Akshay Totre? He looks like Indian batter Shreyas Iyer. Fans are going crazy over this umpire. He is one of the on-field umpires of this Pak vs. NZ warm-up match. When he came to the field, fans found him very similar to Shreyas Iyer. social media is pouring into memes on this topic.
A fan wrote on X, that “Shreyas Iyer starts his warm-up for the World Cup a day before the rest of the Indian team does. Respect.” it is funny.
Warm-up match’s condition:
Pakistan vs. New Zealand warm-up match is going on at Hyderabad. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first. Opening pair of Pakistan didn’t go well. Abdullah Shafique got out on 14 in 25 balls with a strike rate of 56.00. He hit only one boundary. Imam-ul-Haq departed by 1 run after playing 10 balls. Babar Azam is currently batting on 69 after playing 75. He smashed 8 boundaries and 1 over boundaries. Rizwan scored 53 runs in 56 balls. He smashed 4 over boundaries and 1 over boundaries.
This is the final stage ahead of the World Cup. This is the last chance to correct all the mistakes. After that, a challenging journey will be continued for the next one and a half months. On November 19, the entire world will be witnessing a new world champion.
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