Cricket Buzz: Social media trends on August 30

As the Asia Cup 2023 kickstarted with Pakistan's clash against Nepal, numerous cricketers such as Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammad Kaif among others hailed Babar Azam for scoring a magnificent ton. Elsewhere, England women cricketer Kate Cross lauded ECB's move to provide equal match fees as the men's national team. 

Coming back to the Asia Cup, Saeed Ajmal and Umar Akmal expressed their delight to see few fixtures of the Continental Cup return to Pakistan after 15 years and wished their side to play hard. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe star all-rounder took to his social media handle to share a dapper picture of himself. 

Here are some of the best tweets of the day- 

Babar 👏👏💯 #PAKvNEP

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 30, 2023

Too much class 💯 👏 #BabarAzam

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 30, 2023

Some step forward 🫡 https://t.co/j2teEMcgLW

— Kate Cross (@katecross16) August 30, 2023

Just vibing pic.twitter.com/vIuFtUvJ7L

— Sikandar Raza (@SRazaB24) August 30, 2023

Yes run out ho gai rizwan bhai warna aj 100 pakka tha 😢 https://t.co/9828ZYAvDj

— Hassan Ali 🇵🇰 (@RealHa55an) August 30, 2023

Good luck to @CricketNep and their super passionate fans for their journey ahead.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 30, 2023

The height of the throw made it harder to evade for Rizwan but for someone who generally dives to make his ground all the time while running between the wickets, this is a rare instance of him ducking for cover and the only reason is that he isn’t wearing his helmet.

He loves… pic.twitter.com/asBSX6rf9n

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 30, 2023

Gulsan Jha targets the stumps a lot,hope he doesn't get the big occasion get the better of him. Has a great chance to get a wicket after a top start from the Nepal bowlers. #AsiaCup2023

— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) August 30, 2023

Play With open hearts and Eyes on the Trophy 🏆🇵🇰
Feeling Absolutely Delighted About #AsiaCup Returning to Pakistan After 15 years! Good Luck Pakistan 🇵🇰 #AsiaCup2023 #PAKvNEP pic.twitter.com/aS6xdrC1Xs

— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) August 30, 2023

It’s so heartening to see the Asia Cup returning to our very own Multan stadium after 15years! Wishing the teams all the best and obviously rooting for my home team to emerge as champions inshaAllah! #AsiaCup2023

— Umar Gul (@mdk_gul) August 30, 2023

Asia cup begins today at Multan where @virendersehwag made a triple hundred, but for today @CricketNep fans can u fill me in about the exciting talents coming from your part of the world? #PAKvsNEP

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 30, 2023