Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan lighten up T20 World Cup with some classic banter

Fazalhaq Farooqi left Ian Bishop stunned with an exchange of banter with Rashid Khan.

Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan lighten up T20 World Cup with some classic banter

Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan (Image via X)

In all the seriousness that cricket happens in today’s world, somehow good old-school banters are turning into a thing of the past. However, enlivening up the very serious T20 World Cup, two of the best buddies in cricket currently, Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi pulled off an incredible stunt that compelled Ian Bishop to seek clarification.

In the post-match presentation against Papua New Guinea, Farooqi, who won the Player of the Match award, was talking to Ian Bishop. While heaping praises on the Afghan cricket team, Farooqi suddenly said “You shut up” to which Bishop very astonishingly sought out was it for him or not.

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Instantly clarifying his remark, Farooqi said that the remark was actually for the captain of Afghanistan and his very close buddy Rashid Khan. Slightly astonished at what was going on, Bishop did state that their nation is proud of their performances so far.

However, Farooqi clarified that Rashid was trying to make him laugh and that is what propelled him to go forward with the aforementioned statements. Both him and Rashid Khan share a very good bond amongst themselves and they have been delivering day in day out for their national team.

A glance at how Fazalhaq Farooqi helped Afghanistan win against PNG

Afghanistan has been on a roar in this year’s T20 World Cup as they kickstarted their campaign with a victory against Uganda following which they pulled off a massive upset in the form of New Zealand being outclassed completely.

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Afghanistan after a fine win against PNG, Image courtesy: X

They continued their relentless run against Papua New Guinea, crushing them by seven wickets. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the star act for Afghanistan in their latest clash as he went onto register figures of 3/16 while also affecting a run-out that claimed Assad Vala.

Talking at the post-match presentation, Farooqi said that he wanted to congratulate the people of Afghanistan for making it to the Super Eights. He also pointed out that how registering discipline has been a key point in his rise to the top in this T20 World Cup. Afghanistan will be playing their last group stage fixture against West Indies on 18th June.

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