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Shahid Afridi Finally Speaks Up Against Waqar Younis Over 2011 World Cup Scandal

Shahid Afridi has opened up about the lack of support from head coach Waqar Younis during the 2011 World Cup. The former captain told that the team would have been much stronger had Waqar Younis supported him as a captain.

Sharing his views on the influence of a captain in team selection, Shahid Afridi said that the chief selector Mohammad Wasim should not leave it all to Babar Azam. All three including the captain, the coach, and the chief selector should come together and formulate a squad based on mutual decisions.

Shahid Afridi, further added that they should form Pakistan’s team, not Babar Azam’s team.

Revealing the circumstances of his time, Shahid Afridi told that he had great cooperation with the chief selectors of his era. However, the only downside was the lack of support from Waqar Younis.

Afridi claimed that the team would have been much stronger in the 2011 World Cup if Waqar Younis had been on his side. Unfortunately, the lack of cooperation between the captain and the head coach led to a rift in the team during the mega-event. Concluding his statement, Shahid Afridi said it was a lesson for both Waqar Younis and himself.

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  • Shahid Afridi had got lota nature and whole world knows about that…..
    He is showman

  • I use to be die hard fan of shahid Afridi but in his recent comment in public after in put in his pocket crores from Sherief family and tried to sing in their tune. Not only me 100 of thousands of his fans started disliking him and I m one of them…I curse my self that why I use to be his fan. And really he is big lota and not lala…… he spoiled the carrier of my talented players.. thank you Mr Lota don’t buff us further

    • What a stupid comment! You used to be a fan of his cricket & entertainment and now suddenly just because he has a difference in opinion you start calling him a lota and suddenly realize that he spoiled careers of talented players. Simply pathetic

    • true brother, he never been our hero these people spoiled the careers of young talented players, who been better then these bunch of idiots.

  • Shahid Afridi is true speaker,in 2011 world cup,he seemed to be alone, would that he could have spoken before

  • If shahid was alone and rest of the team was with waqar it means shahid was the culprit

  • Shahid is a self loving guy he likes himself alot while truly speaking he wasted his carreer for har ball par chakkaa maarungaa stupid player was never ever a reliable batsman


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