IND vs PAK | 'There's one bad egg...': Shahid Afridi breaks silence

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has launched a scathing onslaught connected Indian players for pulling retired of the lucifer a time earlier the World Championship of Legends (WCL) clash betwixt the 2 countries."We are present to play cricket, and I've ever said that cricket should beryllium kept distant from authorities — it should determination forward. A subordinate should beryllium a bully ambassador, not a root of embarrassment for their country," Afridi told reporters.

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The 2nd variation of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) tournament, which is co-owned by Bollywood prima Ajay Devgn, started connected June 18 astatine Edgbaston and is scheduled to reason with the last connected August 2.World Cup victor Yuvraj Singh is the skipper of the India Champions, portion the squad besides features the likes of Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa, and Varun Aaron, among others.The Pakistan squad has successful its ranks skipper Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Kamran Akmal, among a big of yesteryear players.

"We've travel present to play cricket. If [India] didn’t privation to play against Pakistan, they should’ve refused earlier coming here.

But present you've arrived, adjacent held signifier sessions, and past abruptly changed everything successful a azygous day," said Afridi.Former India opener Dhawan besides shared a connection connected X, announcing his basal not to enactment successful the lucifer against Pakistan.

"This is to formally reiterate and corroborate that Mr. Shikhar Dhawan volition not beryllium participating successful immoderate matches against the Pakistan squad successful the upcoming WCL League. This determination was communicated earlier during our treatment connected telephone and WhatsApp dated 11th May 2025," work his statement.Dhawan made it wide that helium has taken the telephone successful presumption of the existent "geopolitical" concern betwixt India and Pakistan successful the aftermath of the Pahalgam panic attack and the ensuing Operation Sindoor carried retired by the country.Afridi, without taking immoderate names, lambasted 1 cricketer and called him a "bad egg.""Sports bring radical closer, but if authorities gets progressive successful everything, however volition we determination forward? Until we beryllium unneurotic and sermon issues, thing volition amended — deficiency of connection lone makes things worse," helium said.

"We've travel present to play cricket, to person one-on-one interactions and affable conversations. But sometimes, there's 1 atrocious ovum that spoils everything for everyone else.""If I had known the lucifer was being stopped due to the fact that of me, I wouldn't person adjacent gone to the ground. But cricket should spell on. What is Shahid Afridi successful beforehand of cricket? Nothing," helium said."The crippled comes first. As a sport, cricket is the biggest thing.

Bringing authorities into it, oregon an Indian cricketer saying helium won't play against Pakistan — past don't play, conscionable beryllium out. But athletics is bigger, cricket is bigger, and it's bigger than Shahid Afridi too," added Afridi.Off-spin fable Harbhajan, a sitting Rajya Sabha MP, Yusuf, who is besides a Member of Parliament, and Irfan excessively person conveyed their determination to boycott the lucifer against Pakistan, though they are yet to contented a connection successful this regard.The players received a batch of flak connected societal media for agreeing to play against the Pakistan team.India had defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to triumph the inaugural variation of the six-team legends tourney past twelvemonth astatine Edgbaston.