t was decided that the Prime ministers of both the countries will personally come to see this match the hype reached to its maximum point. After the heart-throbbing ,scintillating contest Team India became victorious by 29 runs.When the captain of Team Pakistan Shahid Afridi was interviewed in presentation ceremony the whole ground erupted in appreciation of his sportmanship when he said " I congratulate indian cricket team for this great victory and wish them best of luck for the finals " and after that the line which forced the audience to literally cry " I want to say sorry to my nation , i could not bring the worldcup " . the whole cricketing world was stu
nned by this little speech made by afridi and every critic was rating him as a matured and sensible cricketer .The single question which every cricket lover was having in its mind was ... What will be the reaction of Pakistani fans after this defeat ? .. In reply pakistani fans responded in a way which no one thought they welcomed the team with open heartedly . There was huge crowd gathered at airport to get the glimpse of afridi and congratulate him on his world cup success y reaching till semis which no one thought .Later that day when he was questioned about the indo-pak realtionship he responded positively and said there shoul
d be peace and friendship between the two countries he futher more said that most of pakistani people watches indian shows and movies follow their than why this sort of hatred for them?A large number of fans were gathered out his house to meet and congratulated him for the performance everyday and for every single fan he used to come out and meet with him gracfully.
After all these statements his reputation as a sensible person increased more .
BUT........ all of sudden there was complete turn around in his views within 24-hours ,when he was interviewed on one of the leading news channel of Pakistan and there he said " Pakistani people and Muslims are large hearted than the Indians" . Seriously speaking when I first saw this interview i was bamboozled and bit shocked about his statement and was thinking what happened to him. And this same question was in
everyone's mind. He was highly criticized by ex-cricketers and other important personalities about his statement andThen afterwards a news came that he was upset with the indian media and the stories they made on television one of them was named " Afridi baba aur 11 chor " ( Afridi and eleven theives ) another story was made its way to pakistani captain was " Dhoni..... bemaan Afridi se hoshyaar " ( Dhoni beware of cheater Afridi ). But the question for me which made me confused with this allegation was can someone judge a whole nation through these pathetic,disgusting , disgraceful, videos?In half of the manner I say YES because media reflects the thoughts of common people infact media represents a country internationally . Is it not a responsibility of local citizens and govt to take a certain against them which damages its own country's reputation internationally.
The whole media of both the countries after this statement was at unrest trying to find out what did actually happened to him.? Why such turn around?
After lots of buzz finally a leading Indian channel hooked Afridi for interview to ask about his statement .. And guess what again there was complete turn around from Afridi which u can see from this video. He said "he is misquoted and misunderstood by media about his intentions and what he was trying to say"..
From my side I am a big fan of Afridi his reputation was more increased in my eyes when he issued the friendship statement but now after he turned around completlely second time on indian news channel I am bit dissapointed . I can't understand what happened to this man .Maybe after what he is gone thorugh in worldcup he was in fatigue and all these interviews he want to something and said something else .. Don't know!!!!
But in the end after this whole scenario I am still his big fan because he is un-predictable not only in batting but now also in daily life, no matter what happens again when he comes to batting crease or bowling i'll forget everything else and watch his game. He is true icon of Pakistani cricket team after the legend Imran Khan..
Afridi we still love you no matter what happens.........
