As the Pakistan cricket team faces Zimbabwe in a couple of hours, the Zimbabweans are looking to settle a score and not just on the field.
It all began when an apparent Twitter handle of a Zimbabwean claimed that they will 'settle the matter', all the while calling Pakistanis 'frauds'. "Just pray for the rains to save you," Ngugi Chasura tweeted. When a fan asked the reason behind his rage, he responded, "They gave us Pak Bean instead of Mr Bean on one of our local events called agriculture show."
As Zimbabweans we wont forgive you...you once gave us that Fraud Pak Bean instead of Mr Bean Rowan ..we will settle the matter tommorow just pray the rains will save you...#ZIMVSPAK
— Ngugi Chasura (@mhanduwe0718061) October 25, 2022
Puzzled, one tweep questioned what is 'Pak Bean'. Chasura then shared a picture of Muhammad Arif, who's famously known for his resemblance to British actor Rowan Atkinson. The international star is known for his famous portrayal of Mr. Bean. "Stealing people's money!" Chasura added.
They gave us Pak Bean instead of Mr Bean on one of our local events called agriculture show
— Ngugi Chasura (@mhanduwe0718061) October 25, 2022
Arif was invited to an event in Zimbabwe in 2016, where he attended a comedy night at the Harare International Conference Centre. In another tweet, we see Arif being given a hero's welcome, with many locals trying to click a picture with him.
Here is the footage of Pakistani, Mr. Bean in Zimbabwe. The controversy is getting out of hands 🤣pic.twitter.com/BW3oc3oZbm
— Shafqat Shabbir (@Chefkat23) October 26, 2022
Twitterati was in fits over the misunderstanding and went on to share some of the best content we had seen in a while!
In case you're seeing tweets about Pak Bean and Mr Bean and want to know the context...here it is 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/CXX9jJqAtV
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) October 26, 2022
Tomorrow’s match will now be called The Battle of The Bean #PAKvZIM pic.twitter.com/Xd8xNAPXyX
— 🕷 Childish Ghambino 🍉 (@Sarkhail7Khan) October 26, 2022
deeply condemn the Pakistani mr bean controversy with Zimbabwe. expecting an immediate apology & a thorough explanation from our foreign office in this regard. we can not afford new cricket rivalries.
— nma (@namaloomafraaad) October 26, 2022
If no one dresses up as Mr. Bean tomorrow at the stadium, would be a huge missed opportunity 👀
— Hijaab Zahid (@hijaaaaab) October 26, 2022
The hype for tomorrow’s game just went from zero to 100 after the Mr. Bean’s fiasco 🤣
— Hijaab Zahid (@hijaaaaab) October 26, 2022
I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by a fraudulent disguising as Mr Bean. We pakistanis are people with big heart. As a gesture of goodwill and to keep brotherly relationship alive between the two countries,I offer you Lionel Messi free of cost for your next event pic.twitter.com/6mkZcVlkmF
— Shariq Zahid (@MshariqZ) October 26, 2022
It's cold, wet and grey here in Melbourne, and we probably won't even have get Aus-Eng on tomorrow.
— Danyal Rasool (@Danny61000) October 27, 2022
Meanwhile, there's a Mr Bean grudge match in Perth where it's 22 and sunny.
Who said that city was dull?
Actually crying after reading the Pak Bean thread man I love this hellsite and its UNHINGED stories
— Musad Afzal (@MusadAfzal) October 26, 2022
who is our ambassador to Zimbabwe? we need to defuse this Pak Bean crisis diplomatically ASAP.
— AZ (@azkhawaja1) October 26, 2022
Pak Bean proves we’re still the number 1 suppliers of clownery to the world
— Seher (@lachaparatha) October 26, 2022
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