Mohammad Amir, the star pacer who retired from international cricket, is playing for Karachi Kings in the ongoing Pakistan Cricket League (PCL). He took 259 wickets by participating in 61 ODIs, 50 T20s, and 36 Tests for the country. On the other hand, Peshawar Zalmi is led by Babar Azam, one of the best players in the world today. After losing the toss and batting first, Peshawar Zalmi posted a challenging score of 199 runs on Tom Culler’s 50-ball 90 and captain Babar Azam’s 46-ball 68 at the Karachi Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing the target, Shoaib Malik’s 34-ball 52 and captain Imad Wasim’s unbeaten 80-run batting rampage reached the door of victory. But 16 runs were needed in the last over.

Chasing that, Karachi managed to score 13 runs. Aamir’s Karachi lost by just 2 runs in that breathtaking match. Babar Azam, the captain of Peshawar Zalmi, hit the boundary on the fifth ball of the first and sixth overs by Mohammad Amir that day. Babar defended the last ball of the over. Amir, the star pacer of Karachi Kings, took the ball in hand and threw it at him. Twitter users are divided after the video of Babar throwing the ball at Azam went viral on social media. Many say that Amir may be behaving like this because of the regret of not being able to return to the national team. As soon as that rage was over, a new controversy started about the Pakistani pacer.

According to local media sources, when Hasan Nawaz of Islamabad United was batting at the beginning of the match on Thursday, Amir cut and bowled. Their teammates rallied around him soon after. At this time, Amir gestured to put his finger on his lips, due to aggressive body language that many found offensive. Criticism started with Aamir on Twitter. The interesting thing is that on this day Twitter users brought up the topic of Babar Azam. Such a fall from grace, says a devotee. Bhai youngster ko out kiya hai Babar ko ni (You took the wicket of a younger player, not Babar Azam). Many also feel that Nawaz is an emerging player, while Amir is a more ‘older’ player.

According to Jio TV, a user slammed Amir’s attitude saying that other cricketers don’t seem to take such pride after taking a wicket of a seasoned player. Many others have criticized the matter more harshly. Some suggested Aamir should retire. Others say he shows a lack of respect for the game However, many of Aamir’s fans tried to defend his behavior. They say the behavior of fast bowlers is usually a bit aggressive. There are many more aggressive cricketers than Amir. A user said I don’t understand why people are trolling Aamir today? He is performing and celebrating that. When Shaheen (Shaheen Afridi) did that to Sarfraz, Moushumi fans said – a fast bowler is bound to be aggressive.