Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar on Tuesday accepted IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals’ challenge of facing their star bowler Jofra Archer.
Days after Akhtar and Pakistani singer turned actor Ali Zafar locked horns in a cracking battle on the pitch, Royals challenged the duo to face Archer next time.
“Hey @AliZafarsays @shoaib100mph, that looks like fun. How about facing @jofraarcher next?” the inaugural IPL champions tweeted.
Hey @AliZafarsays @shoaib100mph, that looks like fun. How about facing @jofraarcher next? 👀 #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily https://t.co/j3AlZPHSGk
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) December 7, 2019
In his reply, Akhtar wrote: “Well everyone knows there’s only one way i do it @rajasthanroyals. “Tu time aur jagah bata” Lol Right @AliZafarsays ?”
Well everyone knows there's only one way i do it @rajasthanroyals.
"Tu time aur jagah bata" LolRight @AliZafarsays ?
You can all watch what happened 🙂 https://t.co/Kzi9JIEzDE https://t.co/oZ3Givi1jo
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 9, 2019
Akhtar has been pretty active on social media these days and regularly posts videos on his YouTube channel pertaining to the latest happenings in the world of cricket.
Last week, the Rawalpindi Express took his fans by surprise as he posted a message for Zafar.
“Suna hai bara cricketer hai tu @AliZafarsays ??” he tweeted.
Suna hai bara cricketer hai tu @AliZafarsays ??
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 3, 2019
Zafar in his quick wrote, “Suna hai bari bowling kerwaate hain aap :).”
Suna hai bari bowling kerwaate hain aap 🙂 https://t.co/JSpx20zxyQ
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) December 3, 2019
Subsequently, both of them had a face-off in the field.
Ye wo yorker hai jis se baray baray burj ultay hain jani @AliZafarsays .
My fans can tag all those 'burj' and tell you. https://t.co/Vue2V28T58 pic.twitter.com/DQxTNucSNp
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) December 4, 2019