Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi’s tweet on Kashmir issue urging United Nations’ (UN) intervention received a good amount of backlash from cricketers. After Gautam Gambhir’s hard-hitting tweet, others from the cricket fraternity including Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Kaif, Kapil Dev and Suresh Raina reacted to Afridi’s statement as well. Despite the adverse response, Afridi has decided to stand by his statement and even went on to say that he will never play in Indian Premier League (IPL), even if they asked him to.
According to PakPassion.net editor who also writes for Sky Cricket, FirstPost Sports and The Cricket Paper, here’s how Afridi responded to the comments from Indian cricketers —
Shahid Afridi “if I had not been a cricketer, I would have joined the army”
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) April 4, 2018
Shahid Afridi “I’m not worried about the response to my tweet from some. I believe I spoke the truth and I have the right to speak the truth”
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) April 4, 2018
Shahid Afridi “I am a soldier of my country. My country is my honour and Pakistan is everything for me”
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) April 4, 2018
Afridi’s self-trolling game seems to be on point —
Shahid Afridi “Even if they call me, I won’t go to the IPL. My PSL is the biggest and there will be a time that it leaves the IPL behind. I am enjoying the PSL, I don’t have any need for the IPL. I’m not interested in it and never was” #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) April 4, 2018
Twitterati did not refrain from roasting Afridi as the 38-year-old insisted that Pakistan Super League (PSL) will get better than Indian Premier League (IPL) in future —
Now they will be jobless for next two months because of IPL ; as next two months are exclusively alloted to IPL.
One more thing virat kohli’s contract in IPL $25 million whole budget of psl $20 millions— Niraj kushwaha (@imNirajkushwaha) April 4, 2018
Well in that case too Ipl has the quality. I remember PSL franchises being upset over players not being available or not giving 100% bcoz of IPL.
— Asish kumar (@sunnyasish) April 4, 2018
Enough said!
@SAfridiOfficial If u think psl is bigger than ipl then u r a frog in a well!
— Dany7ic (@danny113377) April 5, 2018
Afridi, however, did play in the inaugural IPL season along with other Pakistani players.
don’t know bro you r Pakistanis son.. ask legends of the pakistan who played it in 2008 when international cricket was not working in Pakistan
— farhan sheikh (@farhans05000999) April 5, 2018
Afridi, who??? Ohh acha acha yaad aaya Duckridi, ryt? Waise tere ko bulayga kon be..england ke dono captains unsold chale gye aur tu kon hai unke samne….
— Raktim Routh (@raktimmahi_007) April 5, 2018
Valid question?
In last 9 years of Ipl not invited to play…Then why u thinking we will invite u to play in Ipl..
— Hitesh raut (@IamHiteshraut) April 5, 2018
Ouch! Don’t talk about Afridi’s age.
Shahid Afridi tumko IPL kabhi bhi bulayega bhi nahi..Kyun ki You r too old for IPL..
— Aquib Ahemad Khan (@AquibAhemad) April 5, 2018
Is it?
Ye jitne bhi #ipl ko criticise krte sb Sale ghr me chupchap room lock krke ipl enjoy krte h…
— Indrajeet singh (@Indupal07) April 5, 2018
Sums up Indian cricket fans’ reaction after Afridi’s latest remark
— Kunal Main (@mainmusings) April 5, 2018
That’s true
Looool….haan psl best hai jisme dekhne walo ka number ipl ke CSK ke training session se bhi km hota…are isse jyada aadmi to humare yahan gully cricket dekhne aajate hai…..par kya kre har pakistani ke paas abhi ek hi jawaab hoga ‘we won the champions trophy’ looool
— Raktim Routh (@raktimmahi_007) April 5, 2018
Statistics always help
Afridi in IPL 2008 Matches-10 ,Innings-9 ,Runs-81 ,https://t.co/DeTTBh6zxw IPL Team Likes to buy such mediocre player like him
— RAHUL (@RAHULS34) April 5, 2018
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Afridi played for Karachi Kings in PSL 2018 who reached the second eliminator but could not qualify for the final. The all-rounder could only score 47 runs from 6 innings in PSL 2018 but played impressively with the ball, taking 12 wickets. However, it is high time that Afridi realises that he is not IPL material.
