Ind vs Pak | ‘There is a bad egg …’: Shahid Afridi breaks the silence after India withdrew from the wcl clash against Pakistan | Cricket news

Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on Indian players for having withdrawn the match one day before the World Legends Championship (WCL) between the two countries.“We are here to play cricket, and I have always said that cricket should be kept away from politics – it should go ahead. A player should be a good ambassador, not an embarrassment for his country,” Afridi to journalists told.The second edition of the England and Cricket Board tournament (ECB), which is co -owner by Bollywood star, Ajay Devgn, began Edgbaston on June 18 and should end in the final on August 2.The winner of the World Cup, Yuvraj Singh, is the captain of the Champions of India, while the team also presents Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa and Varun Aaron, among others.The Pakistani team has in its ranks Captain Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Kamran Akmal, among a crowd of players of yesteryear.“We came here to play cricket. If [India] I didn’t want to play against Pakistan, they should have refused before coming here. But now you have arrived, you even organized training sessions, then you suddenly changed in one day, “said Afridi.The former Opener of India, Dhawan, also shared a declaration on X, announcing that his stand not to participate in the match against Pakistan.“It is a question of officially reiterating and confirming that Mr. Shikhar Dhawan will not participate in any match against the Pakistani team in the next WCL league. This decision was communicated earlier during our discussion on the call and WhatsApp dated May 11, 2025,” said his statement.Dhawan clearly said he had appealed for the current “geopolitical” situation between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the operation that followed Sindoor carried out by the country.Afridi, without taking names, castigated a cricket player and called him a “bad egg”.“Sports bring people closer, but if politics gets involved in everything, how are we going to go ahead? Until we sit together and discuss problems, nothing will improve-the lack of communication is only aggravating things,” he said.

“We came here to play cricket, to have individual interactions and friendly conversations. But sometimes there is a bad egg that spoils everything for everyone.”“If I had known that the match was arrested because of me, I wouldn’t have even been on the ground. But the cricket should continue. What is Shahid Afridi before the cricket? Nothing,” he said.“The game goes first. As a sport, cricket is the greatest thing. Bring politics in it, or an Indian cricket player saying that he will not play against Pakistan – so don’t play, don’t sit down. But the sport is greater, the cricket is greater, and it is also larger than Shahid Afridi, “added Afridi.The legend outside Spin Harbhajan, MP for Rajya Sabha, Yusuf, who is also a member of the Parliament, and Irfan have also summoned their decision to boycott the match against Pakistan, although they are not yet published in this regard.The players received a lot of flak on social networks for agreeing to play against the Pakistani team.India had defeated Pakistan by five counters to win the inaugural edition of the six team legends tournament last year in Edgbaston.