T20 World Cup 2024: Following their team’s 6-run defeat to India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, Pakistani supporters were devastated. Social media was used by the team’s supporters to vent their frustration after the squad lost seven out of the last eight T20 World Cup games.
As Pakistan lost to India by 6 runs on Sunday, June 9, in the T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, feelings were running high. In front of a full 34,000-person stadium, Pakistan lost a closely contested match against India for the second time in as many meetings. For the Pakistani supporters, who have consistently supported their team despite a run of disappointing performances, it was just another heartbreaking setback. Fans who traveled from Rawalpindi Stadium in Lahore, where the live screening took place, and those who came to see the match in New York both expressed displeasure. Banners and posters featuring Pakistani athletes beside their national flag hung throughout the stadium, signaling the large turnout of the fans.
The moment Pakistan lost, the people wearing green jerseys became serious while the fans of the Indian squad cheered them on. The story was the same, but at a different location, when Pakistani supporters vented their frustrations on social media about the national squad. Naseem Shah, who left the field in tears after his side was unable to win because there weren’t enough balls left, received a lot of support from the crowd. Other Pakistani supporters, meanwhile, voiced their amazement and dismay at the way the team captained by Babar Azam lost while they had the advantage.
