Pakistani channel trolled for showing Imran Khan winning Twitter poll as 'Breaking News'

A Twitter poll by International Cricket Council (ICC) became breaking news in Pakistan after country's Prime Minister and former cricket captain Imran Khan received more votes than current Indian skipper Virat Kohli as highest-rated captain of all time. poll was conducted by ICC on January 12, where international cricket body asked followers to vote for best among four players whose avers improved after taking over captain's responsibilities. list included former South African star batsman AB de Villiers and current Australian women's team skipper Meg Lanning. 

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"Captaincy proved a blessing for some extraordinary cricketers. ir avers improved as leaders. You decide which of se ‘pacesetters’ were best among se geniuses!" ICC asked as it opened a Twitter poll on Tuesday. While Imran Khan polled 47.3% of total votes, Indian batting superstar, who is considered one of best batsmen in world, received 46% votes. AB de Villiers was ranked third on list with 6% votes, Meg Lanning received 0.5% support. As expected, poll result sparked a Twitter war between cricket enthusiasts in India and Pakistan, but body in ir wildest dreams thought it would become a breaking news segment in our neighbouring country. 

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Hilarious

Pakistani channel, which showed simple Twitter poll in ir news segment as "big news", is being heavily trolled on social media for ir hilarious report. In video, news anchors can be heard portraying it as some kind of victory over India, saying neck-to-neck fight between Virat Kohli and Imran Khan ended with a win for Pakistan in end. reporter went on to claim that Imran Khan's popularity as a cricketer is still intact across world, which according to him should be "great news" for Pakistani people. 

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Imran Khan played 88 Tests and 175 ODIs for his country between 1971 to 1992 and is considered one of greatest all-rounder in game's history. Imran Khan led his country to a World Cup victory in 1992, which is Pakistan's only World Cup win to date. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, who was part of 2011-World Cup-winning team, currently captains India across all formats. Kohli avers more than 50 in all three formats and is considered one of best batsmen ever to grace game of cricket. Kohli was recently awarded ICC Men's Cricketer of Decade. 

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