T20 World Cup 2024: Suresh Raina gave a befitting reply to Pakistani journalist, there was a ruckus over the name of Shahid Afridi

Suresh Raina on Pakistani Journalist: The upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 is to be held in West Indies and America. Only a few days are left for the World Cup to begin. Before the start of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) took a big decision and appointed former Pakistan captain and legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi as the brand ambassador of the T20 World Cup. He is the fourth person to be included in this list after Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle and Usain Bolt. However, recently a Pakistani journalist tried to troll India's former middle order batsman Suresh Raina after Shahid Afridi was made the ambassador. On this, Suresh Raina gave a befitting reply to the Pakistani journalist.

Suresh Raina gave a befitting reply to a Pakistani fan

Actually, this whole matter started with an IPL match. Suresh Raina was doing commentary in the match. During the match, Akash Chopra had asked Suresh Raina if he could also come back from retirement. To this, Suresh replied, 'No brother, I am Suresh Raina, not Shahid Afridi.' After this statement of Raina, the Pakistani journalist tried to corner him from his official ex account.

I’m not an ICC ambassador, but I have the 2011 World Cup at my house. Remember the game at Mohali? Hope it brings back some unforgettable memories for you. https://t.co/5H3zIGmS33

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) May 24, 2024

Today, a few days after the match, ICC announced Shahid Afridi as the brand ambassador of T20 World Cup. After which Imran again tried to troll Suresh Raina and said, "Namaste Suresh Raina, ICC has made Shahid Afridi the brand ambassador for T20 World Cup." On this, giving a befitting reply to the Pakistani journalist, Suresh Raina said from his official ex account, "I am not the ambassador of ICC but I have the title of 2011 World Cup at home. Remember the Mohali match? Hope it will bring unforgettable memories for you."

Let us tell you that the match Suresh Raina is talking about was the quarter final match of the ODI World Cup 2011. This match was played between India and Pakistan. In the match, Raina played a valuable unbeaten innings of 39 runs for India. India batted first in the match and scored 260 runs. In response, Pakistan's team was all out for 231 runs and lost the match by 29 runs.