{"id":18351,"date":"2023-10-27T01:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T01:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ali-zafar-congratulates-pakistan-cricket-team-in-advance\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T01:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T01:25:13","slug":"ali-zafar-congratulates-pakistan-cricket-team-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ali-zafar-congratulates-pakistan-cricket-team-in-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Zafar congratulates Pakistan cricket team in advance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>A-list singer Ali Zafar has the internet puzzled as he congratulated the Pakistan cricket team in advance, two days ahead of their next match against South Africa in the World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch ARY News live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.arynews.tv\/hq\/\">live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking to his official handle on the micro-blogging site X, Wednesday, Ali Zafar left Twitterati scratching their heads in confusion, as the singer-actor congratulated Babar Azam and co. for their victory against South Africa\u2019s team, in yet to happen fixture.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cCongratulations Pakistan on your victory against South Africa on Friday,\u201d wrote the<em> \u2018Pehli Si Muhabbat\u2019<\/em> singer with a series of hashtags including <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u2018Maza Aya\u2019,<\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u2018Cricket World Cup\u2019, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u2018World Cup 2023\u2019 and \u2018<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">PAK v SA\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations Pakistan on your victory against South Africa on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MazaAya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MazaAya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricketWorldCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldCup2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldCup2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliZafarsays\/status\/1717102270213693712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While some thought that the move screamed \u2018overconfidence\u2019, others wondered if the post was a sly dig at the losing streak of the national team.<\/p>\n<p>For the unversed, the national squad last suffered a heartbreaking, eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in their fifth fixture of the ICC Men\u2019s World Cup 2023 on Monday. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah\u2019s half-centuries led the team to register a historic victory, upsetting Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Proteas faced the Bangladesh team in their last World Cup clash on Tuesday. Quinton de Kock played a swashbuckling 174-run knock before a combined bowling effort steered South Africa to humble Bangladesh by 149 runs.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/pak-vs-afg-abdul-razzaq-criticizes-babar-azams-approach\/\">\u201cAbdullah Shafique was playing aggressive cricket till Babar Azam walked in\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A-list singer Ali Zafar has the internet puzzled as he congratulated the Pakistan cricket team in advance, two days ahead of their next match against South Africa in the World Cup. 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