Cricket Controversy

 Hockey despite being Pakistan’s national sport isn’t Pakistan’s favorite sport, and what is Pakistan’s favorite doesn’t flow without being controversial. Cricket legend and worldwide famed batsman Shahid Afridi released his biography which goes by the name of ‘Game Changer’. Don’t you dare think that this has something to do with CPEC. ‘Game Changer’ is Pakistan’s new favorite word, a cliché to be precise.

How has Afridi exactly changed the game? He produced allegations against cricket legends such as Javed Miandad and Waqar Younus.

Afridi stated that Miandad had developed feelings of ingratitude towards him, and even denied the facilities of net practice to him before the cricket match. Miandad responded almost immediately, denying all allegations leveled against him in a press conference and ultimately handing over the judgment to Allah.

Afridi further went on to clarify in his book that his age at the time he scored a 37- ball century was 19 and not 16 as contrary to popular belief ( no brawls there, YET!)

Waqar Younus also got entangled in Afridi’s outburst about the hardships he faced in his cricketing career (biographies are all about scripting the blacks and whites of life, they’re supposed to be that way, right?). Afridi says that Waqar was a mediocre captain and terrible coach; always trying to make things worse for him (Afridi) while he was captain.

Afridi also writes that he was partially aware of the match fixing constituted by Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and that the report was shared with Waqar younus and other authorities, but no one interfered; apparently to save the country’s repute.

The book was released on Satrday, May 4. Let’s see what Afridi has to reveal and how his allegations take shape.