For the bulk of the 80,462 fans successful attendance astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Sunday, the T20 World Cup last came arsenic an anti-climax aft Pakistan went down to England by 5 wickets.
As England bowled first, Sam Curran and leg-spinner Adil Rashid managed to rein successful Pakistan's batting and restrict them to a below-par 137 for 8 successful 20 overs. While England did person a fewer hiccups of their ain portion chasing down that paltry target, the composure of Ben Stokes erstwhile again came to their rescue. He deed an unbeaten 52 to instrumentality England home. This is the 2nd T20 World Cup rubric for England, who are besides the reigning champions successful the 50-over format.
While the mostly Pakistani enactment successful the stands astatine MCG was near disappointed, 1 instrumentality gained viral fame, peculiarly aft the Instagram grip of International Cricket Council shared a clip of him. The clip was reminiscent of different Pakistani fan, whose disappointed demeanour has go the go-to meme for disappointment.
Users connected societal media were soon claiming that the net had recovered a "new meme star".
While it is not instantly known who the caller viral sensation is, the archetypal meme prima was a antheral called Muhammad Sarim Akhtar. He was caught reacting during an ICC Cricket World Cup lucifer betwixt Pakistan and Australia, which the second won by 41 runs. Not lone did helium summation viral notoriety, helium is besides featured successful a depository successful Hong Kong dedicated to memes.
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