Shahid Afridi has spoken about the incident when Shoaib Akhtar was sent back home from the Pakistan team for having hit teammate Mohammad Asif with a bat. Saying that he had no hand in the infamous episode, Afridi said he had only gone to save the situation when he saw Akhtar angry.
“Things happen within the team when you’re with each other more than you’re with your families. There are some people who can take a joke and some people who can’t. I did not have a hand in the incident, I only went in to save the situation when I saw Shoaib angry,” Afridi said on a video interview with Samma.
“Asif had sided with me in a joke which enraged Shoaib and all this happened. But Shoaib has a very beautiful heart, despite all the show of aggression he does. It’s natural for a fast bowler,”Afridi added.
Afridi was referring to the 2007 incident when reports surfaced that pacer Shoaib Akhtar had hit his teammate Mohammed Asif with a bat. The reports were confirmed later and Akhtar was called back from the 2007 ICC World T20 in South Africa.
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