Zimbabwe has many records of defeating Pakistan. However, this is the first time the African team has defeated this superpower of cricket on the T20 World Cup stage. There is more excitement among the country’s cricket fans. The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, floated in that euphoria.

Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 1 run in the last ball on Thursday night. Soon after, Mnangagwa tweeted congratulating the Sikandar kings. In that tweet, he added the name of world-famous comedian Mr. Bean. Where did Mr. Bean come from in winning and losing on the cricket field?

To solve this mystery, let’s first know about tweets. The President of Zimbabwe wrote, ‘What a great victory for Chevrons (Zimbabwe cricket team nickname), congratulations. Next time send the real Mr. Bean….’ Why did the president drag the noncricketer Mr. Bean in his tweet about the cricket game between the two countries?

We have to go back a few days to clear it up. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Twitter handles tweeted pictures of Pakistan players training ahead of the match against Zimbabwe on 25 October. There, a Zimbabwean cricket fan commented, ‘We Zimbabweans will never forgive you. You once brought the fake Pakistani Bean instead of presenting the real Mr. Bean Rowan. It will be solved tomorrow, pray for rain.’

Now you have to ride the time machine 6 years ago. Australian media Fox Sports reported that a show was held in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare in 2016 where the world-famous actor Mr. Bean was supposed to come. Zimbabweans flocked to see him by buying tickets for $10, but Mr. Bean wasn’t there. Pakistani comedian Asif Mohammad performed instead of Bean, the organizer of the event. Asif looks like Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson. Both look very similar. But fake. The audience was disappointed to see Bean. Asif’s performance with local artists is not like that.

The Pakistani newspaper “Dawn” brought up that incident. “Zimbabweans were angry with us for not sending the original (Mr. Bean) but sending a fake copy,” the paper said before Thursday’s match but thanks to them that instead of filing a case, they just called us a fraud on Twitter. Now they have warned us in the field. Because this is not going to be an ordinary match – the Zimbabwean players will take revenge.’

And Sikandar Raja-Craig Irvin extinguished the fire of revenge that Zimbabweans had to bear by winning the match.
On that occasion, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not miss the opportunity to poke Pakistan by raising the issue of fraud 6 years ago.