New Delhi: The performance of the Pakistan team in the T20 World Cup 2022 was quite disappointing. So far Pakistan has played two matches in this tournament and has faced defeat in both. The first match was Pakistan’s against India, in which the team was defeated by four wickets. While the second match was with a weaker team like Zimbabwe (PAK vs ZIM), in this match also the Pakistan team lost by one run. Since then the team is being criticized. Also, after this defeat, ‘Mr. Bean’ (Mr. Bean) has also come in the headlines.
After defeating Pakistan, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa first reminded Pakistan of the Mr. Bean case. He said that next time whenever you send, send the original Mr. Bean. Through this tweet, Mnangagwa also congratulated the Zimbabwe team for the victory.
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wrote in his tweet, ‘What a wonderful victory for Zimbabwe. Congratulations to Chevrons for this. Next time, send the real Mr. Bean…” In his tweet, President Emmerson Mnangagwa also hashtagged Zimbabwe vs Pakistan. Now the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif has also responded to this tweet.
What a win for Zimbabwe! Congratulations to the Chevrons.
Next time, send the real Mr Bean…#PakvsZim
— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) October 27, 2022
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sharif also replied, “We don’t have the real Mr Bean, but we do have true sportsmanship.” We Pakistanis have an interesting habit that we return. Congratulations to you Mr President. Your team has shown a great game today.
We may not have the real Mr Bean, but we have real cricketing spirit .. and we Pakistanis have a funny habit of bouncing back
Mr President: Congratulations. Your team played really well today. https://t.co/oKhzEvU972
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) October 27, 2022
How did Mr. Bean’s issue come into the limelight?
Actually, before this match, the Pakistan Cricket Board had shared some pictures of the practice. On which a Zimbabwean fan commented that, ‘You once sent a fake Pakistani Mr. Bean, for which we will never forgive you. Will see this matter on the field. Pray that it does not rain, which does not save you.’
Blimey. I didn’t realise Pakistan vs Zimbabwe was a grudge match and for good reason pic.twitter.com/wtllENSZnl
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) October 26, 2022
On this tweet of the fan, he was made fun of at first. However, later his prediction proved to be true and Pakistan had to face defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe. This is where Mr Bean came into the limelight.
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What is the ‘Mr Bean’ dispute between Zimbabwe and Pakistan?
Notably, all this controversy started from 2016. When Pakistan sent an actor as a fake Mr Bean to the International Conference Center in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Not only this, this fake Mr. Bean went there and did fake acting, as well as took money from the people there. Since then the people of Zimbabwe are angry with Pakistan. From this time whenever there is a match between these two countries, then this Mr. Bean controversy comes in the headlines.