Imam ul Haq is being called out all day today after his altercation with the Australian cricketer Shane Watson. After his runout, Shane got into a heated exchange with Imam and EVERYONE noticed.
People had been aggressively angry with Imam ul Haq for getting into a tussle with the “guest”
I genuinely have no idea what has happened, but Imam seriously needs to check his act. Shane Watson deserves a lot of respect & even if he did start it, Imam shouldn’t have reacted. pic.twitter.com/hr4DNrRCrB
— Kalim Khan (@Kallerz37) March 17, 2019
According to many, Imam should have displayed hospitality being from the home country and been more gracious toward Shane even if the Australian player had been the one to start it.
Shame on you #Imamulhaq #parchi.#Parchi #Watson pic.twitter.com/Qtdt4iqCtg
— Proud Pakistani (@kindawan) March 18, 2019
The anger toward Imam turned into full blown trolling with people having started calling him a “parchi“
Parchi is a slang for someone who has benefited from nepotism and people have been calling Imam so because he is the nephew of former cricket captain and legendary player Inzamam ul Haq.
Crowd chunting #Parchi is a big slap on imam's face pic.twitter.com/tsfeWUbGnq
— 🌸🌸 (@h_sadia156) March 17, 2019
After so much trolling, calls for apologizing and trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons Imam finally broke his silence
He tweeted about his side of the story and apologized for what he referred to as a “heat of the moment reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments”.
Yesterday’s incident happened in the heat of the moment. My reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments was avoidable, for which I apologise. It was a good match and a great HBL PSL 2019, let’s enjoy its success. Congrats to Gladiators and Watson for the trophy and awards
— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) March 18, 2019
However, fans are still not exactly being forgiving toward the Zalmi player
AHHAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH BOSS MAINY BOLA KIYA HAI
— Sed Nugget ♡ (@iPakLaD) March 18, 2019
???Heat of the moment???: Imam-ul-Haq apologises for Shane Watson send-off:
Peshawar Zalmi opener Imam-ul-Haq has apologised for his send-off to Shane Watson in Sunday???s charged final of the Pakistan Super League where Quetta Gladiators were crowned the champions.— MFKhan – : )mfK (@tHrEeTs007) March 18, 2019
— Zamin Abbas Syed 🇵🇰 (@ZaminAbbasSyed) March 18, 2019
This guy however, pointed out that Shane Watson seemed to have started the tussle between the two players and Imam’s reaction wasn’t as bad as everyone’s criticism made it seem
Everyone bashing Imam-ul-Haq for his argument with Shane Watson despite the fact that Watson started it first, he's a guest in Pakistan but also a player in PSL just like other players, Pakistanis try to show too much hospitality and forget that they always screw the wrong person
— ᴍᴏɪɴ. (@HolyMoin) March 18, 2019
People are even apologizing to Shane Watson on behalf of Imam
SHANE WATSON
All the people of Pakistan say soory for the mis bahaviour of imam— Jawad Ullah Jan (@JawadUllahJan2) March 18, 2019
Shane Watson we all Pakistanies are really Sorry for this…..
Shame on You Imam-ul-Haq.. 😡 pic.twitter.com/sI65YR6592— Sajjad Khan (@SajjadK75165569) March 17, 2019
Now that Imam ul Haq has apologized, maybe everyone can lay off of trolling him? Indeed guests are to be respected but the two cricketers were in the midst of an intense final match and in such moments heated words can be exchanged. It’s a game, so let’s just let it go, shall we?
That’s all.
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