Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf was targeted by a fan during a recent franchise-based league match. Rauf, who was bowling close to the boundary rope, remembered Virat Kohli’s iconic sixes off his bowling during the T20 World Cup in 2022. For the unversed, Kohli hit Rauf for consecutive sixes during India’s intense chase against Pakistan. One of those sixes fell straight to the canvas after Kohli stepped away to nonchalantly pull Rauf’s short delivery straight down the ground.
That iconic photo of Kohli received a lot of praise from fans and pundits alike, especially with the star batsman helping India pull off an unlikely chase.
Since then, Rauf has often been asked about Kohli’s iconic six goals from his delivery, and the Pakistan pacer was praised by the former India captain for achieving it.
However, several fans attacked him during a match. Rauf is currently playing for Welsh Fire in the ongoing edition of the Hundred.
“Haris bhai, Melbourne abhi bhi yaad aata hai? Virat ke do chakke (Do you remember Melbourne, Virat’s two sixes),” a fan asked Rauf.
However, Rauf treated the troll very casually, replying that he still remembers those two sixes.
“Ji yaad hai, abhi bhi yaad hai (Yes, I remember. I still remember),” Rauf replied.
A fan in Pakistan mocked Haris Rauf for King Kohli’s 2 sixes pic.twitter.com/2O4X2UW4iH
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Rauf recently made headlines after a video of him attacking a trolling fan went viral on Wednesday. In the video it can be seen that Rauf and his wife were walking along a trail, when a group of people said something to them. Some of these people were wearing Pakistani shirts.
Following Pakistan’s elimination in the group stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup, a fan was caught on camera arguing with Haris Rauf, allegedly hurling insults at the player’s family.
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