My rivalry with Virat Kohli and Irrfan Pathan was such that … Afridi “Dil Se”
new Delhi:
The entire world cricket world knows how they have had a sour-sweet relationship with Shahid Afridi and some Indian players on the field. Every time India and Pakistan fought, then there was a tension between Afridi and Indian players. Shahid Afridi once recalled these moments and said that now that politics has entered everywhere, the equations have changed a lot in recent years. Afridi now has a mixed opinion about Indian players. Afridi (Shahid Afridi) recently highlighted several issues in the article for the Pakistani website. In this, Afridi has also written ‘Dil Se’ about his rivalry with Virat Kohli and Irrfan Pathan. Now you already know that when the matter is related to India or Indian players, then how much Afridi speaks from the heart.
Afridi said that during his early career the only right batsman in the Indian team was Sachin Tendulkar. However, after that batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly also became part of Team India. Afridi also recalled how he had scored a century in 37 balls with the bat of Sachin Tendulkar in the year 1996. However Afridi got this bat from Waqar Younis. And Afridi did not forget to say thank you to Sachin for this later.
Afridi revealed that Sachin had given his favorite bat to Waqar Younus and asked for help, but Waqar gave it to me before taking the bat to Sialkot. Waqar gave me this before I went to bat. In such a situation, my first century in Nairobi came out of Sachin Tendulkar’s bat.
At the same time, using strict words about Gambhir once again, Afridi said that Gambhir had too much problem. He had no personality. Gambhir did not have a big record, but Attitude was very much among them. At the same time, Afridi also criticized Virender Sehwag’s tweets made on social media about Pakistan. Afridi said that you look at Sehwag. Look at their negative statements about Pakistan on Twitter. Is this a responsible behavior?
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Afridi also recalled the time when he invited the team led by Mohammad Azharuddin to dinner and party together. Afridi said that when his career as a leg-spinner was at its peak, Virat was moving towards the extreme.
On his own rivalry with Irfan Pathan, Afridi wrote that in my good days the rivalry with Irfan Pathan was a comfortable thing. There can be only one Pathan on the ground. Just like there is only one lion in the forest.
