'Pakistan players ko bilkul ignore kar diya'- Shahid Afridi hits at Atul Wasan over Rizwan's remark

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India and Pakistan are due to clash against each other in Melbourne for the 20-20 World Cup. Even before the start of the match, the battle lines have been drawn and the verbal volleys have begun. This is the third time that the Asian nations will play against each other this year after two rounds in the Asia Cup 2022.

Before the start of the encounter, former India fast bowler Atul Wassan and former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi were having a go at each other. Afridi hit back at Wasan for the remark that he made about Mohammad Rizwan.

“Mujhe ek deja vu wali feeling ho rahi thi. Kuch mahine phele bhi discuss kar rahe the ki Indian team main bare bare naam hai - Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul. Aur yeh bare naam isliye hai kyunki kuch saalo se innhone consistent performances diye hai. Iisliye world main bhi rating hai. Compared to Pakistan cricketers, unhone bhi kiya hai, par India team ke again st dekha jae toh utne bare, utne globally nehi hai,” he said.

"(Wassan opined that the Indian batting line-up have bigger names compared to Pakistan, given their consistent show in the format over the years. He feels that while Pakistan does have match-winners in players like Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz, they have managed to emerge as Man of the Match in one-off matches and not on a consistent basis and hence he refrained from opining that Babar Azam-led side also have bigger players in their line-up)", Afridi said speaking on Samaa TV.

I think the Indian players are given undue importance - Shahid Afridi 

“Rizwan ne ek match jitaya, Nawaz ne hi ek match jitaya, but ek match jitwane se koi bare player nehi ban jaate. Hardik ko bhi highly rate karte he kyunki woh lagatar bowling se bhi jitwaya hai, batting se bhi. Rizwan bara naam nehi lag rahe the kyunki unhone India ke khilaf matche nehi jitwaye the. Par abhi woh 3-4 bar perform kiya hai, toh unko bhi rating milna chaiye.”

Afridi did not agree with Wassan’s opinion, and when he was asked about Virat Kohli’s form, he sidestepped the question and gave a mouth-shutting reply to that comment.

"Abhi jo baat kar rahe they woh samaj nehi ayi. Apne players ko sar pe charha liya. Pakistan players, jo Ranking main No.1, 2 he unko bilkul ignore kardiya,” he said.

(He said that they are hyping up the Indian players a lot and giving them undue importance and When it comes to the Pakistan players who are ranked number 1 and 2 in the world not much importance is given to them)," added Shahid Afridi.