Waqar Younis becomes subject of ridicule after tweeting about Women’s World Cup

Former Pakistan player, Waqar Younis had to backtrack the controversial tweets he made about reducing the number of overs in ICC Women’s World Cup after finding himself in a soup.

Earlier on June 29, the former Pakistan coach and skipper had said, “@ICC What abt having 30 overs Cricket World Cup 4 Women???Like Tennis 3 sets rather then 5 #Suggestion I feel 50 overs r few 2many #WWCUP17”

@ICC What abt having 30 overs Cricket World Cup 4 Women???Like Tennis 3 sets rather then 5 #Suggestion I feel 50 overs r few 2many #WWCUP17

— waqar younis (@waqyounis99) June 29, 2017

The argument did not sit well with Twitter and cricket journalists covering the ongoing World Cup. Twitterati did not take that lightly and found it discriminates against women.

Hey, Waqar! They have this already. It’s called T20 and there’s even a whole World Cup! Was held last year in India & the West Indies won. https://t.co/1MsgnNWXgQ

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) July 1, 2017

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