Netizens react as PCB omits Imran Khan from the Independence Day video.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing public anger on social media for politicizing sports after former skipper and Prime Minister Imran Khan was absent from the country’s Independence Day legacy film.
Khan led Team Green to their first ODI World Cup title in 1992, with to his superb captaincy and bowling abilities. Imran Khan got 362 Test wickets in 88 matches and 182 ODI wickets in 175 matches during his cricket career.
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The cricket board posted the video on the eve of Independence Day, highlighting the team’s best successes since the 1950s. It featured footage from Pakistan’s World Cup victory in 1992.
Making history isn’t just about one day, it’s about the legends we create and the tales we script 💫
🏆 Pakistan Cricket Team – a legacy that echoes through time 🌟#BeyondJustOneDay pic.twitter.com/grC0YVC5Xi
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 14, 2023
However, Pakistani cricket experts and fans were quick to point out that the video omitted Khan, who had gained national pride as the national team’s captain.
Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is presently serving a three-year prison sentence in the Toshakhana case, as political tensions in the country rise.
Fans stated that Khan was not intended to be in the video. Following the development, “ShamonPCB” has been a trend on X, with the public criticizing the board for being biased.
Netizens react as PCB omits Imran Khan from Independence Day video, check the reaction:
Reminiscing in Pakistan crickets history, 11 images of the 1992 World Cup win and not one pic or mention of the greatest that ever played the game for the country!
Imran Khan will go down in history as one of the greats of the global game!#PakistanCricket https://t.co/wKsvBgNZ3u
— Urooj Mumtaz Khan (@uroojmumtazkhan) August 14, 2023
Next time PCB tells BCCI to leave politics out of cricket, the BCCI won’t need much to shut them up. This video will be enough. Kitna giro ge aur! https://t.co/3DG3D5cOWT
— Haroon Shahid (@Haroon_5hahid) August 14, 2023
PCB claims to be a big advocate of not mixing sports with politics and then doesn’t bothers to include the only ICC WorldCup winning captain of Pakistan – The great Imran Khan in the special video of independence day. Such a hypocritical act by PCB!✋Shame! https://t.co/ma75BuIxBm
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) August 14, 2023
“اس شمع فروزاں کو آندھی سے ڈراتے ہو”@TheRealPCBMedia @TheRealPCB #ShameOnPCB pic.twitter.com/BqudHYDZ5y
— Abu Zayan Awan (@Its_AbuZee) August 14, 2023
Shame on PCB for disrespecting our National Hero. Chairman PCB must be held accountable for it. Learn how to respect our heroes or leave the office. #ShameOnPCB pic.twitter.com/cTmcfVNmS1
— Fazal Abbas (@FazalSamtiah) August 15, 2023
Shame on PCB for disrespecting our National Hero. Chairman PCB must be held accountable for it. Learn how to respect our heroes or leave the office. #ShameOnPCB pic.twitter.com/cTmcfVNmS1
— Fazal Abbas (@FazalSamtiah) August 15, 2023
The PCB is yet to comment on the ongoing social media outcry.
