The sad cricket fan made famous by memes has been found his name is Muhammad Sarim Akhtar
After the Pakistani cricket team battled it out with Austrailia (India) one memorable moment stood out. A cricket fan captured in the stands looking utterly disappointed as Asif Ali dropped a fairly easy catch.
This disappointed bald man quickly became fooder for a meme went viral . People on social media used to express their disappointed about everything from cricket to politics.
Near the end of the game ICC commentator Zainab Abbas did his interview . She found out who this viral fan is . He said in his interview that :” it was such a straight forward catch so it was really disappointing to see it in front of me being dropped “
Off the moment that spawned his internet fame.
He said “probably it showed on my face because I could see it land on his hand and then he dropped . So it was really disappointing but I couldn’t say anything . He (Asif Ali) had just come off a family tragedy so I couldn’t shout at him “
According to Akhtar he lives in London and had travelled over three hours to watch the match with his friends.
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