Pakistan recently hosted the Independence Cup in which World XI players played against the Pakistan cricket team. The series comprised of three T-20 matches played on September 12, 13 and 15 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. It carried huge significance for Pakistan from the point of view of international cricket since the country has not played high-profile international cricket at home ever since the Sri Lankan team’s bus was attacked on March 3, 2009. But since Pakistan promised to make top-notch security arrangements for World XI players, 14 players from 7 Test-playing countries agreed to participate in the series.
Some of the players that comprised the World XI team were Hashim Amla, David Miller, Darren Sammy, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Thisara Perera and team captain Faf du Plessis. The team lost against Pakistan but the series was important for another reason that it marked the return of international cricket in Pakistan.
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World XI team captain, Faf du Plessis, appreciated Pakistan’s effort in organizing the series and thanked the country for offering a great experience. He also thanked Pakistan for their hospitality and took to Twitter for the same.
Here is what he tweeted:
Arrived safely back home .Thank you Pakistan and Lahore for your hospitality ✌🏻 pic.twitter.com/EI11mU34o9
— Faf Du Plessis (@faf1307) September 17, 2017
Though he made sure to thank “Pakistan and Lahore” for the hospitality but perhaps the choice of words in the first part of the tweet wasn’t liked by many people. With his tweet, Faf du Plessis offended some Pakistanis and gave some non-Pakistanis a reason to troll him and Pakistan. His saying “arrived safely back home” was taken as an indication towards the terrorist activities that Pakistan allegedly indulges in and the security threat people face while visiting there. Irrespective of what he wanted to mean, he was trolled hard by twitterati.
Have a look at some of the responses to Faf du Plessis’s tweet:
Translation-
Thank you for no blast back home in One piece.
😂😂😂😂😂https://t.co/UQhdqJsdNm— Rohit 🇮🇳 (@09_rkg) September 17, 2017
😂😂😂 really its great to come back safely from pakistan. https://t.co/H8Gl4LMSSe
— D. Pandey🇮🇳⚔HRD⚔ (@dpandey00) September 17, 2017
20 crore people lives here safely and every one goes from here safely. If you are jealous use burnol
— Ibrahim Pasha (@0007IbrahimK) September 17, 2017
Daya zara pata lagao “Ye bach kaise gaya?” pic.twitter.com/anEMrrWPgU
— Ranjeet Haveliwale (@life_hacker23) September 17, 2017
Were u scared faf? 😂😂
— avinash gupta (@imavi12) September 17, 2017
We can understand why @faf1307 was scared.. 😂😂😂😂#peshawar_blast
— avinash gupta (@imavi12) September 17, 2017
you wont belve that yo will arriave safely to your contry 😂😂
— Vishal (@vish_alia) September 17, 2017
Did u freak out ?
Thanks jesus. Safely you at home.
Pak is a dangerous place for every people .— Virendra Sehwag Fan (@maheshjain86) September 17, 2017
Faf, do you tweet ‘safely back home’ every time you come back from tour or its bcz u hv returned safely frm #terrorist country #Pakistan?
— Ajit Kumar Dubey (@ajitkdubey) September 17, 2017
बच के घर आ गया खुशी मना रहे है रे गोरे गया क्यों था 😂😂
— आर्य (@aryashri00) September 17, 2017
u were safe thr in pakistan is an achievement..reaching home safely will always happen..bt being safe in pakistan..🤔 i hv my doubts
— #BeingHuman (@befikrame) September 17, 2017
‘Arrived safely back home’
This itself tells the story! 💣😂 #worldXIvsPak— Atharva Chitale (@acmania97) September 17, 2017
