Ramiz Raja expresses disappointment over non telecast of Australian Open Final, ends up getting trolled

Renowned commentator and former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja doesn’t only admire the gentleman’s game but is an enthusiast for other sports as well. He, along with many other fellow Pakistanis, was left red-faced as old foes and arch rivals Roger Federer and Rafal Nadal sweated it out during a thrilling 5 set Australian Open final to rekindle old memories of their expertise on the tennis court.

The 54-year-old former cricketer, with over 250 international matches under his belt, was vocal about his frustration on missing out on the much hyped and anticipated final by putting his views on Twitter. He called this non broadcast “unbelievable” and “shameful”, calling Pakistan a “sports unfriendly nation”. He instantly found support from many people, who too slammed the decision to not show the match live on television.

Eventually, as 35-year-old Roger Federer grinded it out to lift his 18th career title, winning an evenly contested match in the last set, many people also trolled Raja who was unable to see the enthralling encounter. He isn’t a very popular guy on Twitter for his analysis but someone Twitterati love to troll.

Most people who replied to his tweet rather asked him if he had electricity at his place to be able to watch the game even if it was telecast. Raja would have certainly felt rather frustrated having posted his thoughts after what came his way. Here are some of the Twitter reactions, with the users using their wit to stump Raja.

Unbelievable: We are such a sports unfriendly nation that no channel showed the iconic Federer Nadal Australian Open final..shameful ..

— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) January 29, 2017

.@iramizraja sir, light rahti h pakistan me. Kaise dekhte bhai?

— डॉ मशहूर गुलाटी (@DrMGulaati) January 30, 2017

@iramizraja Only a few thousand Pakistanis watched the final… No need to telecast…People were more interested in IK's speech than tennis

— Waseem S Hashmi (@docwaseempti) January 29, 2017

@iramizraja true sir ,Sir buy wifi reasever and watch all Indian sports channel like dish TV ?

— Ali Raza (@ali_raxakhan) January 29, 2017

@iramizraja 1st time get to know that pakistan have Twitter too. LOL And peoples are communicating in English too. LMAO ROFL @DrMGulaati

— Kala Indian (@kala_indian) February 1, 2017

@iramizraja if they telecast the match it still requires the electricity…??

— atish patel (@Atish027) January 30, 2017

Don't make excuses. Seedha bol, bijli nahin thi pic.twitter.com/dcvRBVbonC

— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) January 30, 2017

@iramizraja dekhte kis pe? Saare tv to Hindustaan se match haarne ke baad fod diye they!!!

— Madhukar Tiwari (@MadhukarTiwari4) January 31, 2017

@iramizraja what do you expect from a country with only 2 sports channels as compared to a billion news channels?

— Essam Shahid (@EssamShahid) January 30, 2017

@iramizraja If Indian cricketers want to watch these tennis matches they directly go to stadium and here is you complaining on twitter ?

— Mowgli (@Trollwale_Babu) January 30, 2017

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In another development for the Pakistani cricketer. He is all set to turn a movie producer and reports suggest that he is in talks with Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt and he might well be cast as the lead actor in Raja’s production debut.