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NEW DELHI: After memes surfaced on the social media largely from Pakistani fans depicting that India deliberately batted badly against Sri
Lanka so that Pakistan could get knocked out of the Asia Cup, Shoaib Akhtar lashed out at the rumour-mongers terming their claims as
'nonsense'.Speaking on his official YouTube channel, former Pakistan pacer Akhtar voiced his displeasure, saying that Sri Lankans produced a
remarkable bowling effort.India Fixed it's Spot into the Finals | Indo-Pak First #AsiaCup Final Launching | Shoaib Akhtar"I'm receiving
messages that India have fixed the game, they're playing badly so that Pakistan get knocked out
Are you guys out of your minds? They're bowling their hearts out
Wellalage has bowled really well
Suddenly, I'm receiving phone calls that India are losing so that Pakistan can get eliminated
Man, why would they lose? They could've reached the final with win, and they did
Absolute nonsense," said Akhtar.Akhtar lavished praise on Indian bowlers and lauded them for their efforts in defending a low score."Great
Look at Jasprit Bumrah, look at the fight while defending such a small total.Akhtar also pointed out that Pakistani players lacked the
fighting spirit whereas Sri Lanka put in a great fight.07:27India dominates Sri Lanka in convincing cricket victory
He's bowling and batting as well
I didn't see this fight in our players
See, you can't blame our fast bowlers
They don't play regular ODIs, and then, you expect Haris, Naseem, Shaheen to bowl 10 overs and not get injured
All I want is a fight from Asia Cup, at least chase 300 runs
That was humiliating," said the former speedster.Indian bowlers dished out a splendid collective effort to carry their team to a 41-run win
over Sri Lanka in a Super 4 match, and into the Asia Cup final.Rohit Sharma's fifty (53 off 48 balls) was the cornerstone of India's sub-par
213 after Lankan spinners Dunith Wellalage (5/40) and Charith Asalanka (4/18) bamboozled them.
