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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar

Pakistan and Zimbabwe leaders trade barbs over Mr Bean impersonator OLD

Zimbabwe Pakistan Cricket Rowan Atkinson Shehbaz Sharif
Twitter/@mhanduwe0718061

A man impersonating Rowan Atkinson’s famous character Mr Bean has become the focus of a hilarious online slinging match between the leaders of Pakistan and Zimbabwe after the former’s shock defeat in a T20 World Cup cricket match at Perth.

Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa praised the country’s win against Pakistan and added a reference to “Pak Bean”, the impersonator of the popular British comic character in Pakistan.

“What a win for Zimbabwe! Congratulations to the Chevrons. Next time, send the real Mr Bean,” he wrote on Thursday.

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