Who Is Pak Bean And How Did He Cause A Storm Online Before Of Pakistan-Zimbabwe World Cup Match

On Thursday evening when Zimbabwe registered one of the biggest upsets in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, by defeating Pakistan, probably the happiest man on the planet was someone who goes by the name Ngugi Chasura, on Twitter.

That is because he created quite a storm on Twitter on Tuesday, two days before the two teams met in Perth for the face-off.

How Twitter war over Pak Bean started 

Replying to a Tweet by the official handle of the Pakistan Cricket Control Board (PCB) which read “Onto the next challenge” Chasura (@mhanduwe0718061) said “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.” 

 His tweet was confusing and many wanted to know what happened.

“They gave us Pak Bean instead of Mr Bean on one of our local events called agriculture show,” Chasura said responding to one such Tweet.

He then posted the photo of a man who is dressed like Mr. Bean but definitely is not Rowan Atkinson, who plays the legendary comedy character.

Who is Pak Bean?

Turns out, the person in the photo is a Pakistan comedian named Asif Muhammad, who is known to be the doppelganger of Mr. Bean.

Apparently, in 2016, he had visited Zimbabwe for a comedy show at the Harare International Conference Centre pretending to be Mr. Bean and was welcomed like a celebrity, before they realised that he was just an imposture.

“My kidz shamed me on this1 there were like dad you are better than this dont take us for granted…and i felt embarassed,” Chasura said on Twitter.

Zimbabweans wanted revenge 

Since then Chasura and many other Zimbabweans who felt cheated by the Mr. Bean doppelganger had been holding a grudge against Pakistan.

And they wanted their Cricket team to take revenge for the embarrassment they suffered.

The Zimbabwe team did exactly what their fans asked for – to defeat Pakistan.

After the one-run victory over Pakistan, it is safe to assume that Zimbabwe erupted into celebrations, for more than one reason.

Send the real Mr Bean: Zimbabwe President  

Even the president of Zimbabwe got involved in the Twitter war.

“What a win for Zimbabwe! Congratulations to the Chevrons. Next time, send the real Mr Bean…#PakvsZim,” the President’s official account Tweeted.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif responded to him saying “We may not have the real Mr Bean, but we have real cricketing spirit .. and we Pakistanis have a funny habit of bouncing back 🙂 Mr President: Congratulations. Your team played really well today.”

Pakistan in a tight spot

Revenge for Pak Bean or not, the Pakistan cricket team which lost two back-to-back games on the last ball is in a precarious position in the world up and are the mercy of the win/loss record of other teams to advance to the next stage.

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