The Pakistani who predicted AB’s golden duck revealed!

No one has ever thought that Mr. 360, better known as AB de Villiers, would register his very first golden duck in ODIs at grand stage of ICC Champions Trophy against underdogs Pakistan, but only one man knew this was coming.

Pakistan outclassed the world no.1 ranked team South Africa in the first innings, squeezing the Proteas batting line and taking wickets at regular intervals.

After having been smacked by India’s Hardik Pandya for three consecutive sixes in the Indo-Pak encounter, Imad Wasim came back to become the man with the golden arm for Pakistan.

South African skipper de Villiers walked in to bat when Proteas were struggling at 60-2 at the end of 14 overs. The world no.1 spent 5 minutes out in the middle watching from the non-striker’s end before a single allowed him to face his first delivery of the day.

However, that first delivery turned out to be his last as Imad Wasim dismissed him for a golden duck, a first in the illustrious AB’s career. Mohammed Hafeez took a neat catch, much to the delight of the Pakistanis who watched Mr. 360 make the long walk back to the dressing room.

This was the story of his dismissal, but where exactly does the predictor feature?

The story began on a day before the match when Pakistani sports journo Syed Yahya Hussaini shared a picture of himself alongside de Villiers on 6 June.

Meanwhile, a man named Abdullah, predicted a golden duck for ABD against Pakistan, in reply to Hussaini’s selfie.

AB de Villiers will score duck tomorrow pic.twitter.com/x0F20yQvvq

— Abdullah (@iMangoPakistani) June 6, 2017

Abdullah turned out to be right! In fact, there was more sensation to his prediction because ABD actually got out for a golden duck, something which he hadn’t faced for 211 innings.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ALLAH HO AKBAR. pic.twitter.com/xmiuHPw3oh

— Abdullah (@iMangoPakistani) June 7, 2017