Everyone needs friends. For the moment, Shahid Afridi doesn’t assume to accept abundant of them, writes Khalid Hussain.
Pakistan’s captain has been beneath blaze for a array of affidavit for absolutely some time but the latest one was his disability to advance his aggregation to what would accept been a long-awaited win adjoin old rivals India in Kolkata endure Saturday.
Recently, even Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, abutting what is a growing account of Afridi’s critics and appear that the chief all-rounder will be replaced as Pakistan’s T20 captain behindhand of what happens to the civic team’s World T20 campaign.
The bulletin to him was: win or lose, we will not absorb you as captain.
But that was till Monday.
Well-placed sources told ‘The News’ on Tuesday that several hours afore the alpha of Pakistan’s must-win bold adjoin New Zealand actuality at the PCA Stadium, Shaharyar alleged Afridi and assured him that he has the complete abutment of the Board.
It was allegedly an accomplishment by Shaharyar to lift the team’s affection advanced of the acute bold adjoin the Black Caps.
According to a source, Shaharyar refrained from speaking about his access adjoin Afridi but told the captain to not yield annihilation that is getting appear by the media seriously.
“The chairman’s bulletin to Afridi and his boys was beeline forward. ‘Give your best in the final two accumulation matches of World Twenty20 by blockage absolutely focused on them so that Pakistan can authorize for the semis,” the antecedent said.
“He (Shaharyar) aswell said that the Board was abetment him absolutely as captain and wants the best out of him in the advancing championship.”
The chairman’s alarm accept to accept appear as a big abatement for the active Afridi, who still fancies extending his Twenty20 International career.
Judging from Shaharyar’s animadversion on Monday it seemed awful absurd that Pakistan will abide with Afridi either as captain or amateur afterwards the World Twenty20 championship.
“He (Afridi) is captain till the World Cup… and he has said he will retire afterwards the event. Even if he changes his apperception and wants to backpack on we will accept to see whether he can be best as a amateur or not,” Shaharyar said.
The PCB administrator was reacting to angry criticism in the after-effects of a six-wicket defeat adjoin India at Eden Gardens endure Saturday.
But Shaharyar aswell dedicated his accommodation to absorb Afridi as captain for World T20 admitting his below-par assuming both as amateur and captain in the advance up to the ten-nation contest.
“Afridi is an iconic amount in Pakistan and he has won us matches in the accomplished some on his own. His best was logical. It is accustomed that whenever the aggregation loses a big bout there is criticism directed at him. But I anticipate at this date he needs the abutment of everyone,” he said.
Pakistan’s captain has been beneath blaze for a array of affidavit for absolutely some time but the latest one was his disability to advance his aggregation to what would accept been a long-awaited win adjoin old rivals India in Kolkata endure Saturday.
Recently, even Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, abutting what is a growing account of Afridi’s critics and appear that the chief all-rounder will be replaced as Pakistan’s T20 captain behindhand of what happens to the civic team’s World T20 campaign.
The bulletin to him was: win or lose, we will not absorb you as captain.
But that was till Monday.
Well-placed sources told ‘The News’ on Tuesday that several hours afore the alpha of Pakistan’s must-win bold adjoin New Zealand actuality at the PCA Stadium, Shaharyar alleged Afridi and assured him that he has the complete abutment of the Board.
It was allegedly an accomplishment by Shaharyar to lift the team’s affection advanced of the acute bold adjoin the Black Caps.
According to a source, Shaharyar refrained from speaking about his access adjoin Afridi but told the captain to not yield annihilation that is getting appear by the media seriously.
“The chairman’s bulletin to Afridi and his boys was beeline forward. ‘Give your best in the final two accumulation matches of World Twenty20 by blockage absolutely focused on them so that Pakistan can authorize for the semis,” the antecedent said.
“He (Shaharyar) aswell said that the Board was abetment him absolutely as captain and wants the best out of him in the advancing championship.”
The chairman’s alarm accept to accept appear as a big abatement for the active Afridi, who still fancies extending his Twenty20 International career.
Judging from Shaharyar’s animadversion on Monday it seemed awful absurd that Pakistan will abide with Afridi either as captain or amateur afterwards the World Twenty20 championship.
“He (Afridi) is captain till the World Cup… and he has said he will retire afterwards the event. Even if he changes his apperception and wants to backpack on we will accept to see whether he can be best as a amateur or not,” Shaharyar said.
The PCB administrator was reacting to angry criticism in the after-effects of a six-wicket defeat adjoin India at Eden Gardens endure Saturday.
But Shaharyar aswell dedicated his accommodation to absorb Afridi as captain for World T20 admitting his below-par assuming both as amateur and captain in the advance up to the ten-nation contest.
“Afridi is an iconic amount in Pakistan and he has won us matches in the accomplished some on his own. His best was logical. It is accustomed that whenever the aggregation loses a big bout there is criticism directed at him. But I anticipate at this date he needs the abutment of everyone,” he said.
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