Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his authoritarian policies. He stated that ever since the Indian PM took office, nothing positive has come out for Pakistan, and neither can anything be expected in the future from the head of the Indian government. Afridi went on to say that Pakistan cannot expect anything positive in the future from the head of the Indian government.
Since Modi has assumed his current position of power, you should not hold out any hope that he would do anything to benefit Pakistan. It may be summed up like this: the past speaks for itself. When the BJP was in power in the past, we had quite positive ties with the prime ministers who had served before them.
The 46-year-old politician further stated that he has no hopes or expectations for Prime Minister Modi, adding that Modi will only hurt Pakistan’s reputation.
“Let me be clear: I am solely referring about Modi. Absolutely none of my hopes or ambitions are pinned on him. He will only do us harm, and I don’t see him doing anything that will work out in our (Pakistan’s) favor,” he went on to say. Prior to that, in the month of March, Afridi had made an appeal to the prime minister of India to “let cricket happen” between the two countries.
Afridi made these comments on the sidelines of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) in Doha. The event was held in Qatar. “I will request Modi sahab to let cricket happen between both countries,” Afridi remarked. The famed big-hitting allrounder stated that there are no security concerns regarding Pakistan because several international teams have safely toured the country in recent years.
“Recently, we have seen a significant increase in the number of international teams visiting Pakistan, which raises some concerns about the country’s safety. In the past, we have been the target of security concerns emanating from India; nevertheless, if we are granted permission to travel by the governments of both nations, then we will proceed with the trip. In the event that the tour does not take place, we will provide those individuals with an opportunity. According to Afridi, all they want is for there to be no cricket played between the two of them.
Since then, India and Pakistan have only competed against one another in a multi-nation event. Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who is also the chief executive officer of the Asian Cricket Council, announced to the public the year before that the Indian cricket team would not be flying to Pakistan to compete in the Asia Cup, and that the competition would instead take place in a neutral location.
PCB raised an objection to this, claiming that the ACC had not even informed them that the event would be moved away from their location, and that the decision had been made without their participation in the process. Since then, the PCB has been making threats to withdraw from the 50 overs globe Cup, which is slated to take place in India, in the event that the Asia Cup is played in a region of the cricketing globe other than Asia.