Gautam Gambhir, former cricket and current Member Parliament from East Delhi constituency, slammed Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi over his Kashmir remark on micro-blogging site Twitter Thursday.
“Some people never grow up, they play cricket but they never age. His brain doesn’t grow either. If he wants to politicise everything, why doesn’t he join politics but politics too needs people with maturity, which he lacks,” said Gambhir in Hindi.
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A day earlier, Afridi had tweeted in support of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s appeal to show solidarity with Kashmiri’s on Friday in the wake of abrogation of Article 370. He had also announced his visit to LOC and shaheed’s home, which in all likelihood implies visiting the home of a person who is recognized as a terrorist by the India.
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Afridi’s unwarranted political tweet earned the ire of Gambhir. The two have not been in good terms with each other on the field either and are often seen locking horns on social media.
In response, Gambhir, rather explicitly, took a dig at the Pakistani cricketer who is often seen venturing into uncharted territories of Kashmir by supporting terrorists wreaking havoc on the Indian soil at the behest of his country’s proxy war against India.
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Gambhir tweeted a picture of Afridi and added, “In this picture Shahid Afridi is asking Shahid Afridi that what should Shahid Afridi do next to embarrass Shahid Afridi so that’s it’s proven beyond all doubts that Shahid Afridi has refused to mature!!! Am ordering online kindergarten tutorials for help.”
The war of words did not end at this and Afridi came back with reference to a comment by former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton in his book that Mr Gambhir was “mentally the most insecure, negative and pessimistic”.
https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1166758177544818691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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