‘Belly fat ki bat kar raha hai’ – Fans react as Pakistan journalist calls Inzamam-ul-Haq bigger match winner than Sachin Tendulkar

Pakistan are currently in Sri Lanka as they are preparing to face the Lankans in a two-match Test series, starting on 16 July 2023. While Team India began their two-match Test series in West Indies on 12 July 2023. However, a well-known Pakistan journalist, Farid Khan came up with an epic comment on a social media post.

The post was for all fans and there was a question that reads: “A cricket opinion that will have you like this”. In reply to that he wrote: “Inzamam Ul Haq was a bigger matchwinner than Sachin Tendulkar.” Listening to that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media. However, both these players have been one of the greatest to play for their country respectively.   

Here is the shared tweet:

Both Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam-ul-Haq won one ODI World Cup each

Speaking about Sachin Tendulkar, he played 664 matches across all three formats for the Men in Blue. In those games, he scored 34357 runs, including 164 fifties and 100 centuries. He is the only player to score 100 centuries so far in the history of the game. On the other hand, Inzamam-ul-Haq played 499 international matches and scored 20580 runs, including 129 fifties and 39 centuries. But, many fans believe that the former Pakistan batter contributed more to winning causes of his country than Tendulkar. Both these players won the World Cup also once. Inzamam won the ODI World Cup in 1992 while Sachin won the ODI World Cup in 2011. 

Both these players have always heaped praises for each other on many occasions. In a chat with Ravichandran Ashwin in 2022, Inzamam was asked about Sachin’s 2003 World Cup knock against the Men in Green. He said: “I have seen Sachin play a lot but the way he batted in that match; I have never seen him play like that before. The way he played against our fast bowlers in those conditions was superb. I think he scored 98 before getting out to Shoaib Akhtar. I feel that was Sachin’s best innings. He broke all the pressure. He played a top-quality innings against genuine quality fast bowlers like ours. The way he hit those boundaries, the pressure got released on the batsmen who came after him.”   

Here is how fans have reacted:

https://twitter.com/KnightOfEden_/status/1679406618377854976