UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken a special interest in cricket ahead of the final between Pakistan and England in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the prestigious MCG on Sunday night. Jos Buttler’s England have made it to the final after a poor start to the tournament in which they struggled with rain. In the final, they play Babar Azam’s Pakistan who have rediscovered their lost mojo. They were beaten by India and Zimbabwe respectively in the first two matches, but they soon got their campaign back on track with victories over Netherlands, South Africa and Bangladesh respectively and qualified for the semi-finals with the help of others.
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England and Pakistan are the two best T20 teams world Cup And there’s no doubt that it will be the nail biting of a competition. Sunak is very excited for the match and tweeted ahead of the big final. His tweet read: “Best wishes to @englandcricket in the T20 World Cup final against Pakistan tomorrow. I will cheer you along with every other cricket fan in the UK. We are behind you.”
Here’s a look at Rishi Sunak’s tweet ahead of the PAK vs ENG final:
Best wishes @englandcricket Against Pakistan in T20 World Cup final tomorrow
I will encourage you along with every other cricket fan across the UK.
We are all behind you.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 12, 2022
All eyes will be on Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Haris in this match. Those are the two main reasons why Pakistan could play better in the rest of their matches after the initial defeat. Afridi struggled to bowl at his full pace and found his mojo back in the game vs South Africa and has taken 9 wickets in the tournament so far. He will be a key bowler against England, especially in his first spell.
Haris has given Pakistan a boost with the bat at No.3. Pakistan were in dire need of a batsman who could play at such a strike rate and they found him in Haris.