Shoaib Akhtar's One Line Post Goes Viral After Pakistan's Exit From T20 World Cup

Pakistan's T20 World Cup journey came to a disappointing conclusion on Friday, with the team failing to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the tournament. Pakistan's elimination came after the United States of America's game against Ireland was washed out due to rain. USA were awarded a point which was enough to take them to the Super 8 stage in their debut appearance in the tournament. Following Pakistan's shock exit, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar expressed his disappointment over the outcome.

Taking to X, Akhtar shared a one line post, saying: "Pakistan's World Cup journey is over."

Pakistan's World Cup journey is over.

Pakistan needed Ireland to beat USA heading into their final game of the group stage against the Irish.

However, a draw means that they can only reach four points. Meanwhile, USA ended group league campaign with five points from four games, joining India in the next round from Group A.

Pakistan went down to India in New York on Sunday in a close game, failing to chase a target of 120. Before that, in their opening game in Dallas, they suffered a shock Super Over loss to USA.

The back-to-back defeats meant Pakistan's chances of advancing to the Super Eight were already out of their own hands. Once again, they had to rely on other results going their way.

However, heavy rain and flooding in Fort Lauderdale over the past few days shattered their hopes of advancing through to the next round.

The USA began the tournament with a convincing win over Canada chasing nearly 200 runs, shocked Pakistan in one of T20 World Cup's greatest upsets, and then gave formidable title contenders India a run for their money, but the starting point of the team's upsurge in the game was the morale-boosting T20I series victory over