Shahid Afridi invited Indian counterpart Shikhar Dhawan after the latter lashed out at the former Pakistan captain for his insensitive remarks on the Indian Army in the aftermath of deadly Pahalgam attacks that took the lives of 26 innocent tourists on April 22.
Dhawan lost his cool when Afridi blamed the Indian Army for failing to stop the Pahalgam terrorist attack, by calling them ‘good for nothing’. This irked former India opener Dhawan who took to social media platform X to give a strong reply.
“Kargil mein bhi haraya tha, already itna gire hue ho aur kitna giroge, bewajah comments pass karne se acha hai apne desh ki taraqqi mai dimag lagao @SAfridiOfficial. Humein hamari Indian Army par bohot garv hai. Bharat Mata Ki Jai! Jai Hind! (We beat you in Kargil. Already you guys have stooped so low, how further can you go? Instead of passing comments, focus on improving the condition of your own country. We are proud of Indian Army),” Dhawan told Afridi in a X post.
In reply to Dhawan, Afridi looked to have softened his voice and wrote, “Chouro jeet haar ko, aao tumhey chae pilata hun Shikhar (let’s keep win-loss aside. Come, let’s have some tea, Shikhar).”
What did Afridi say about Indian Army?
Talking to a Pakistani TV show, Afridi compared Indian media’s reaction on Pahalgam attack to Bollywood. “Tum logon ki 8 lakh ki fauj hai Kashmir mein aur yeh ho gaya. Iska matlab nalayak ho, nikamme ho na tum log ki security de nahi sake logon ko (You have an 8,00,000-strong army in Kashmir and this still happened. It means you are inefficient and useless if you couldn’t provide security to the people),” he said.
“Hairat hoti hai ki hamle ke ek ghante ke baad hi unka media Bollywood ban gaya. Khuda ke liye har kuch ko Bollywood mat banao (It’s surprising that within an hour of the attack, their media turned into Bollywood. For God’s sake, don’t make everything Bollywood),” he added.
