The cricket fans have mistaken former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan for the trending hashtag #ReleaseIrfanPathan on Twitter. The viral hashtag was directed for the AIMIM Secretary from Uttar Pradesh, who shares the same name as the former Indian cricketer.
Twitter was set abuzz after the cricket fans misinterpreted former cricketer Irfan Pathan with his namesake UP’s AIMIM Secretary, who was arrested.
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
https://twitter.com/Light_261101/status/1550878826153971712
https://twitter.com/imnadee/status/1550871342773198849
https://twitter.com/LegitSidharth/status/1550878459265572864
People trending #ReleaseIrfanPathan
Meanwhile, cricketer Irfan Pathan: pic.twitter.com/sGW9QHF3vO
— Michael Fernandes 🇮🇳 (@MiFe007) July 23, 2022
Aakash Chopra and Harbhajan Singh after seeing the trend #ReleaseIrfanPathan pic.twitter.com/bj3oDjOEBH
— gautam sushil 🚩 (@gautamji_satna_) July 23, 2022
Le Irfan to the person who started the trend 🤫😂😂#ReleaseIrfanPathan pic.twitter.com/1jbWkImmoQ
— Gautam (@_Curious_guy) July 23, 2022
Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan is an active social media user as he does not hold himself from sharing his opinion on Twitter. Recently, Irfan Pathan praised Pakistan skipper Babar Azam over his comments for his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli.
Babar Azam took to Twitter to extend his support for the out-of-form Virat Kohli and tweeted a picture of him alongside the Indian batter and captioned, “This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli”
But you will be remembered for this.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 15, 2022
After liking this tweet, Irfan wrote, “But you will be remembered for this.”
