‘So beautiful, just looking like a Wow’: Iftikhar uses viral meme to praise Fakhar Zaman batting

The remark from Iftikhar was from a viral meme of a woman named Jasmeen Kaur who sells salwar suits. In her Instagram video, she repeatedly used the phrase "Just Looking Like a Wow" to describe the clothes. Her enthusiasm and excitement made the video go viral

Bengaluru: Pakistan's batter Fakhar Zaman celebrates his century during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between New Zealand and Pakistan, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Saturday, Nov 4, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

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Fakhar Zaman on Saturday scored the fastest ODI World Cup century by a Pakistan player against New Zealand in Bengaluru. The left-handed opener has hit some monstrous sixes in his knock. However, what caught the netizen’s eye was a tweet from his teammate Iftikhar Ahmed.

“So beautiful, so elegant, just looking like a wow!” Iftikhar wrote on X(formerly known as Twitter) and posted the video of Fakhar’s destructive innings.

So beautiful, so elegant, just looking like a wow! @FakharZamanLive pic.twitter.com/IOhyaUCWA6

— Iftikhar Ahmad (@IftiMania) November 4, 2023

The remark from Iftikhar was from a viral meme of a woman named Jasmeen Kaur who sells salwar suits. In her Instagram video, she repeatedly used the phrase “Just Looking Like a Wow” to describe the clothes. Her enthusiasm and excitement made the video go viral.

Fakhar’s “Just Looking Like a Wow” innings with a smile from the weather gods meant that Pakistan kept their semifinal hopes alive after walking away with a crucial 21-run win over New Zealand through DLS method.

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Zaman and skipper Babar Azam helped Pakistan to 200 for 1 in 25.3 overs when the skies opened up for the second time to end the proceedings.

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At that point Pakistan were 21 runs ahead of the DLS calculations in a daunting chase of 402 which was revised to 342 in 41 overs.

New Zealand will feel gutted after making a mammoth 401 for six, riding on Rachin Ravindra’s 94-ball 108 and comeback man Kane Williamson’s 79-ball 95.

Pakistan now have eight points with a match to go against struggling England, while New Zealand (NRR:+0.855), also on eight points, will face on-their-way-out Sri Lanka in their final league game.

Pakistan (-0.424), however, still remain at the sixth place on the table behind Afghanistan (-0.330) because of the net run rate.

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Those calculations apart, those with a sense of history will trace these fateful happenings to Pakistan’s campaign in the 1992 World Cup when weather and mathematics helped them first to the semifinals and then eventually to the title.

But for all that, Pakistan on this need to be indebted to the power of Zaman, who carted the New Zealand bowlers around the park with utter disdain.