‘Class and decency aren’t his strengths’: Ex-Pakistan cricketer backs Irfan Pathan after ‘badtameez aadmi’ jibe at Shahid Afridi | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has stirred contemporary controversy by backing Irfan Pathan’s explosive revelations about his long-standing rivalry with Shahid Afridi, calling out the previous Pakistan captain for resorting to private assaults.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Pathan, who loved appreciable success in opposition to Pakistan — with 67 wickets and 807 runs in Indo-Pak clashes — dismissed Afridi 11 occasions throughout codecs, together with a golden duck within the 2007 T20 World Cup closing. Speaking to Lallantop, the previous India all-rounder recalled how the rivalry turned bitter after Afridi mocked his id in an interview.

“Afridi had said, ‘I am the real Pathan, he is a fake Pathan’. Badtameez aadmi hai. Mujhe laga ki aap sirf mere baare mein nahi bol rahe ho, mere walid ke baare mein bhi baat kar rahe,” Pathan revealed. “So whenever I had the ball in hand, I made sure I dismissed him. I have shown him 11 times who the real Pathan is — in big moments, in series deciders, and in the World Cup final.”

Kaneria, Afridi’s former teammate, echoed Pathan’s claims in a scathing social media put up. “Irfan @IrfanPathan bhai, you’re absolutely right. He always resorts to personal attacks — be it on someone’s family or their religion. Class and decency clearly aren’t his strengths,” Kaneria wrote whereas sharing the interview clip.Pathan additionally recalled off-field flashpoints, together with a fiery mid-air spat throughout India’s 2006 tour of Pakistan. “Afridi came and placed his hand on my head, messing up my hair. He asked me, ‘How are you kid?’ I said, ‘Since when have you become my father?’… Later, I told him, ‘He has eaten dog meat, he has been barking for a long time.’ After that, he couldn’t reply.”For Pathan, Afridi’s taunts solely served as gas. “On the field, my performances were the perfect answer. I showed him who the real Pathan is.”Kaneria’s intervention has reignited an already fiery debate, bringing again to highlight certainly one of cricket’s most notorious rivalries.