Muhammad Rizwan is an integral part of the Pakistani cricket team and in yesterday’s match against Sri Lanka, he played an important role in his team’s win. While chasing a mammoth total of 345 runs, Muhammad Rizwan played a magnificent innings of 131 runs not out and stayed till the end until his team won the match.
The match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad and the Hyderabad crowd displayed their love for cricket by supporting both the teams when they were playing well. There was a time when the chants of “Jeetega bhai jeetega Pakistan” were heard in the stadium and the cricketer Muhammad Rizwan also told that how he felt when he heard these chants.
The Pakistani cricketer said, “Hospitality, you all must have seen it. Someone must have taken pictures when we came to the airport. You must have seen it. What you guys didn’t see, the way these guys welcomed us at the airport, was awesome. The way the crowd came, everyone saw it today, the way they gave their voices with love, I said earlier that I felt like I was playing in front of the crowd of Rawalpindi, our ground in Lahore is big, a lot of people come there, this ground felt like Rawalpindi. Today it seems that Pakistan’s match is taking place in Rawalpindi.”
He further said, “In fact, they supported Sri Lanka too. Because I am happy that the crowd in Hyderabad has supported cricket, both Sri Lanka and us. I had a lot of fun with them. The curator here said the same thing to me. When we got to the ground for the first time, he said, Rizwan, you must hit two 100s on this ground. I met him today as well. We can pray for him and you should pray for him too.”
Today India will play its second match of the tournament which is against Afghanistan and it will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.
