Fans on Twitter reacted after English cricketer Moeen Ali comes out of Test retirement and joins the squad for Ashes 2023. They took a jibe at the all-rounder and compared it with his him former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi.
Moeen Ali comes out of Test retirement and joins England squad for Ashes 2023
Ashes will begin on 16th JuneThe second game is slated to take place on 28th June at Lord’s. The third game of the Ashes 2023 will be played on July 6th in Leeds whereas the last two games are slated to take place on July 19th and July 27th in Manchester and the Oval respectively.
Ahead of the series, the home side suffered a massive blow as Jack Leach was ruled out of the series against Australia. After his injury, there were many reports that ECB have but as per the various reports they have approached Moeen Ali to come out of retirement.
The reports, however, have turned out to be true as Moeen Ali has taken back his retirement from Test cricket and has joined the England squad for the Ashes 2023. He last played for the team in 2021 and since then didn’t play Test cricket.
Overall he has played 64 Tests and has scored 2,914 Test runs and has 195 wickets. With him being an equal contributor with both bat and ball, it’s fair to say that he’ll be a vital cog in the wheel for England in the Ashes.
Moeen Ali comes out of Test retirement.
AdvertisementHe is added in the Ashes squad. pic.twitter.com/TfWOwFHpQk
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 7, 2023
Twitter reacts as Moeen Ali comes out of Test retirement and joins England squad for Ashes 2023
As Moeen Ali comes out of Test retirement and joins the England squad for Ashes 2023, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They gave some hilarious reactions and said that he’s the second version of Mohammed Afridi. He said:
Afridi 2.0 https://t.co/6J34sRW52b
— Laksh Sharma (@im_laksh_18) June 7, 2023
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https://t.co/JadeQWirjH pic.twitter.com/i9ln7myr5f
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapctweets) June 7, 2023
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Now waiting for Ben Stokes to announce for CWC23 https://t.co/YpqKFcZDnG
— Sumukh Ananth (@sumukh_ananth) June 7, 2023
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CSK waala hai toh jaahir si baat hai Retirement ka mjaak toh banana hi hai.. https://t.co/arZsn8vxcW
— Abhishek (@Abhishek701706) June 7, 2023
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Moeen Ali is a good Test player, we have seen it in IPL.
— Dr. JANGO (@doctor_jango) June 7, 2023
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Proud moment for Afridi family
— Berojgar Engineer (@s7986442103k) June 7, 2023
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England's Shahid Afridi
— Gagan (@tinpot69) June 7, 2023
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Afridi wants to know his location
— KayaSK (@kaya_sk06) June 7, 2023
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Why take retirement and is retirement is ajoke ?..
— Muhammad Shakeel💫 (@shakki_049) June 7, 2023
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Afridi of England
— Ayush Prajapati (@im_ayush___) June 7, 2023
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