Shahid Afridi Slams Shikhar Dhawan After India Pulls Out of WCL Match Against Pakistan

Sports News: Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Shahid Afridi has broken silence on India champions pulling out of the match against Pakistan in the ongoing WCL. The match was scheduled to take place on Sunday at Edgbaston. Multiple Indian players opted to withdraw from the match against Pakistan.he match against Pakistan. This came after the ongoing geopolitical tensions between the two nations after the horrifying Pahalgam attack earlier this year. Another reason for India to not play the match was the presence of Shahid Afridi in the opposition team, who had made some criticising statements against India after the tragedy.

"One rotten egg spoils everything"

"Sports bring countries closer. If politics comes between everything, then how will you move forward? Without communication, things cannot be solved. The idea for these kinds of events is also to meet one-on-one. But you know, there is always one rotten egg, which spoils everything," Shahid Afridi told the media on Sunday, July 20. Afridi also added that Dhawan was an embarrassment to his nation and India should have stayed home if they did not want to play.

"They trained a day before the match. I think that they pulled out just because of one guy. Even the Indian team is very disappointed. They were here to play. I am telling you, you should be a good ambassador for the country, not an embarrassment," Afridi said.

'Even the Indian players were disappointed,' says Afridi.

Shahid Afridi claimed that even the Indian players were not happy with what happened. He said that due to Shikhar Dhawan, the other Indian players could not play the game. Shikhar Dhawan had announced that he would not play the match against Pakistan in the WCL.

"Cricket should have continued"

"If they did not play for me, I would have stayed home. Cricket should have continued. Who is Shahid Afridi in front of cricket? No one. If they did not want to play, why did they come here? Go sit at home and play between yourselves," he added.

"We were very excited to play the second match (vs India). I thought we would be on the ground. We were expecting 17,000–18,000 fans, who would have enjoyed the match. But yeah, it is quite disappointing that we did not play," he said on Sunday.