’90’s ka londa’: Waqar Younis hits back at Mohammad Hafeez’s ‘left nothing for Pakistan’ jibe | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Pakistan tempo legend Waqar Younis has taken a dig at former cricketer Mohammad Hafeez after the latter questioned the legacy of stars from the Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s. Waqar’s response got here after Hafeez, throughout a stay tv present, claimed that the celebrities of that period didn’t encourage future generations as a consequence of their incapability to win ICC occasions.
“I am a huge fan of those who played in the 1990s, but when it comes to legacy, they left nothing for Pakistan. They didn’t win an ICC event – they lost the (World Cups of) 1996, 1999, and 2003. We reached one final (in the 1999 World Cup) and lost that badly. As stars, as players, they were the mega superstars. But then they couldn’t inspire us by winning an ICC event. Then came a difficult period that we had to go through, and in 2007, we lost the final (of the T20 World Cup),” Hafeez had stated on PTV Sports.

“In 2009, we won under Younis Khan‘s captaincy, and that became an inspiration for the next generation. Then, unfortunately, a bad incident happened with Pakistan cricket, and we have still not been able to recover from that. Then we won the 2017 Champions Trophy, which was a huge source of inspiration. People idolise Babar Azam today, and that is because even if he didn’t play a big hand in that event, he was there. So that thing about winning ICC events, the superstars of the 1990s couldn’t do, with all due respect to their talents,” he added.

Younis responded on social media by posting a photograph with fellow legend Wasim Akram, captioning it “90’s KA LONDA.”
Alongside the caption, he additionally highlighted the variety of Test and ODI matches performed, in addition to the wickets taken by him and Akram.

Pakistan had a disappointing marketing campaign within the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, struggling a humiliating defeat towards New Zealand of their opening match, adopted by a loss to India, which noticed them fail to achieve the semifinals.
They completed at the underside of the Group A desk with only one level and a internet run price (NRR) of -1.087.