Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has denied stories floating on social media about him pushing for his son-in-law and ace pacer Shaheen Afridi for nationwide staff captaincy forward of the upcoming ICC World Cup 2023.
Just lately, Pakistan have been humiliated within the Asia Cup 2023 as they failed to succeed in the ultimate of the match. Moreso, they have been defeated by a document 228 runs by India in a Tremendous 4s match the place the Males in Blue put up 356/2 batting first after shedding the toss with KL Rahul and Virat Kohli scoring unbeaten centuries.
In response, Pakistan was bundled out for 128 runs. Then in opposition to Sri Lanka in a must-win match, Pakistan couldn’t defend 250-odd runs and misplaced by 2 wickets.
After the match, stories of an alleged feud between Shaheen Shah Afridi and Babar Azam started doing rounds on social media. As per the stories, Babar was criticizing the gamers for not performing and never doing their greatest.
However Shaheen pipped and mentioned that he ought to atleast reward these gamers who did nicely, which led to an argument, which was subdued by Mohammad Rizwan.
Shahid Afridi, who’s the father-in-law of Shaheen, has suggested Babar to hunt the assistance of the staff director and coach to enhance his captaincy.
Shahid Afridi Rejects Experiences Of Him Pushing For Shaheen Afridi As Pakistan Captain
Shahid Afridi reportedly pushed for Shaheen Afridi to succeed Babar Azam as captain amid rumors of turmoil within the Pakistani staff’s locker room. The ex-cricketer, although, has refuted the allegations.
Throughout a current interview with an area media information channel, Shahid Afridi vented his anger on the stories and mentioned:
“I used to be scrolling by my Twitter, and I noticed that now they’re operating one thing with my title that Shahid Afridi said, in my view, Shaheen Afridi can lead the staff higher than Babar Azam, Lahore Qalandars received a PSL trophy beneath his captaincy.
“I don’t perceive why they’re saying such issues, though I specific my views on Samaa. I share my perspective on Samaa, however they interpret it in their very own means. Though I’m the one one who retains Shaheen away from the captaincy,” he mentioned.
Amidst this all, stories are suggesting that Shaheen Afridi will actually exchange Shadab Khan because the vice-captain of the Pakistan staff in white-ball format.
