Noted Pakistani televangelist Aftab Iqbal is being called out on social media for his irresponsible comments about Pakistani skipper Babar Azam, who rules the hearts of millions of cricket fans.
From playing on the streets of Punjab’s capital to the international arenas, Pakistani star player Babar Azam climbed a summit unreached by any Pakistani player in recent years.
The world-class player also amassed a huge fan following on social media as Babar holds one of the greatest ODI averages in history right now.
Meanwhile, Pakistani TV host Aftab Iqbal, who is known as a pioneer of comedy shows, draws the wrath of social media users and fans for calling Babar Azam an arrogant person.
The comments of the self-proclaimed intellectual miffed many social media users, and they’ve taken to the microblogging site to point out how Aftab Iqbal used mainstream media to satisfy his ego.
As the clip of program started trending on social media, Aftab Iqbal’s name started trending on Twitter as he garnered flak; many reminded former Khabarnak host how Babar Azam became star.
“Babar Azam is no longer a star, at least for me, he is not a star…Not because he dropped catches or he failed to score but due to his ego problems,” Aftab can be heard saying in viral clip.
what the hell did i just watch pic.twitter.com/C4qtCHP6sM
— rizzy stan (@rizzystan) October 9, 2022
Aftab maintained that Babar has started to have grudge with team players. He mentioned Babar’s past in a disgraceful way and added that Babar needs to remember where he started.
You rose to heights of fame with the Almighty’s blessings and now are dealing with ego issues. It is very sad yet shameful, he added.
His scathing comments about Babar, the second fastest player to 2000 ODI runs, did not sit well with the fans as they stormed to social media to defend the star batter.
Some people reminded Aftab Iqbal for keeping his personal views to himself while others shared their personal interactions with Babar, arguing about his humbleness.
Here are some of the reactions:
These Shots of Babar Azam are far better than Aftab Iqbal whole Life. pic.twitter.com/SzkFodH8jx
— saimi🌻 (@Pakistanii_kuri) October 9, 2022
BREAKING: babar azam ranking dropped terribly after aftab iqbal from Khabardaar refused to recognize him as a star.
— کشف (@duj4a) October 9, 2022
Single cover drive of Babar Azam > whole life of Aftab Iqbal.😂🔥 #PAKvNZ #BabarAzam𓃵 pic.twitter.com/yn3yKU6cek
— Ahmer Arain ☠️💀 (@ahmerfaiz007) October 9, 2022
A person like Aftab Iqbal is giving a lecture about ego to Babar Azam.
I've been watching him since childhood and a month or 2 ago I was watching short clips of his show where he would frequently scold and undermine his junior colleagues. Man he himself has
— Ahmad 🇵🇰🇵🇸 (@M_AS__) October 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/AqqsaNazir10/status/1579152371862876160
ICC made him star . Please Someone show this to Aftab iqbal that Babar Azam is still super star and will remain. So 3rd class analyst's opinion doesn't matter at all. #BabarAzam #Aftabiqbal pic.twitter.com/GNIZQ57l7o
— Tehseen Qasim (@Tehseenqasim) October 10, 2022
kohli's comment about babar and thn there are people like Aftab iqbal jinka apna career Amanullah or dosray artists ki wajah sy bna. The problm wth people like him and aqb jvd is that they never achieved that level of success and fame like babar hnce feeling insecure and jealous. pic.twitter.com/rRPTUt3qhR
— Ali fahad (@Ehmed_janjua) October 9, 2022
