Shoaib Akhtar lambasts ICC for leaving Babar Azam out of World Cup promo

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar took to his social media handle to express his displeasure over International Cricket Council’s (ICC) promotional video for the forthcoming ODI World Cup, slated to be played in India in October. Akhtar was left disappointed with the absence of Pakistan skipper Babar Azam from the promotional video and aimed a dig at the apex cricket council.

Notably, the ICC shared a special montage of the cricketing moment’s from the previous editions of the World Cup, titled ‘It Only Takes One Day’, narrated by megastar Shah Rukh Khan, which features the likes of Jemimah Rodrigues, Dinesh Karthik, Jonty Rhodes, and Muttiah Muralitharan among others. Infuriated with the exclusion of Babar Azam from the promotional video, Akhtar lambasted ICC on the promo on his social media.

“Whoever thought that World Cup promo will be complete without Pakistan & Babar Azam’s significant presence, has actually presented himself as a joke. Come on guys, time to grow up a bit,” Shoaib Akhtar captioned on his Twitter handle.