Pakistani former cricket Shahid Afridi depicts the trophy before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between England and South Africa in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, March 1, 2025. AP/PTI Former Captain Pakistan Shahid Afridi launched a frightened attack on Indian players for pulling the match the day before the clash of the World Legend (WCL) World Championship between the two countries.“We are here to play cricket, and I have always said that cricket should be kept away from politics – it should move forward. The player should be a good ambassador, not a source of embarrassment for their country,” Afridi told reporters.
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The World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh is a captain of Indian champions, while the platoon also has, among other things, as Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa and Varun Aaron.The Pakistani team has Captain Shahid Afridi, Youenis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Kamran Akmal, among many ancient players.“We came here to play crickets. If (India) did not want to play against Pakistan, they would refuse before they came here. But now you arrived, even organized training sessions, and then suddenly changed everything in a single day,” Afridi said.The former Indian opener Dhawan also shared a statement about X and announced his stand not to participate in the match against Pakistan.“It is formally to repeat and confirm that Mr. Shikhar Dhawan will not participate in any matches against the Pakistani team in the upcoming WCL league. This decision was communicated earlier during our talk and WhatsApp on May 11, 2025,” he read his statement.Dhawan made it clear that, as a result of the terrorist attack of Pahalgam and the following Sindoor operation, the country performed by the country.Afridi, without taking any names, annoys one cricket and called him “bad eggs”.“The sport will bring people closer, but if politics engages in everything as we move forward? Until we sit and discuss problems, nothing will improve – lack of communication just deteriorates things,” he said.
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“We came here to play crickets to have individual interactions and friendly conversations. But sometimes there is one bad egg that spoils everything for everyone.”“If I knew the match was stopped because of me, I wouldn’t go to the ground. But the cricket should continue. What is Shahid Afrids before cricket? Nothing,” he said.“The game comes first. As a sport, cricket is the biggest thing. It brings politics or an Indian cricket that says it won’t play against Pakistan – then don’t play, just sit.The Legend of Off-Spin Harbhajan, MP Rajya Sabha, Yusuf, who is also a member of the parliament, and Irfan also expressed their decision to boycott the match against Pakistan, although they still have to make a statement in this respect.Players received a lot of flakes on the social media for agreeing to play against the Pakistani team.India defeated Pakistan with five goals to win the inauguration edition of the tournament of six teams of the legend last year.
