During the ICC world cup match between pakistan and the netherlands in hyderabad, wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan of pakistan performed namaz on the pitch at rajiv gandhi International Stadium. During the break for beverages, he offered the namaz. Rizwan had previously been observed performing namaz on the pitch during a t20 encounter against India, thus this wasn't the first time he had done so.

Reactions of netizens over pakistan batsman offering namaz on the ground in Hyderabad

Netizens started to respond shortly after the footage of the Pakistani cricketer doing namaz on the ground in hyderabad became popular on social media. One of the netizens accused the pakistan batsman of mixing cricket and religion, writing, “Mohammad Rizwan never fails to mix cricket and religion. He deliberately does this when there are indians watching him. He has come here to play cricket or propagate his religion?”

Another social media user commented, “

This is not Mohammad Rizwan offering Namaz in a world cup cricket tournament.

This is a video they will show you after a few years of converting this stadium into a mosque as a proof that Namaz has been offered on these grounds since years!”


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