Javed Miandad and Shahid Afridi, two well-known names in Pakistani cricket are in news for a blame game. Javed Miandad, who is known for creating controversies by his words, has once again done that and this time with a cricketer of his own nation. The former started a controversy by criticising Afridi and accusing him of “wanting the farewell game only for money”.
On the other hand, Afridi, while responding to the allegation, claimed that it is Miandad who has always been after money. ”Money has always been an issue with Miandad. That is the difference between him and Imran Khan,” said Afridi. And then Miandad came out and labelled Afridi as a ‘match-fixer’, a serious blame that could potentially land him in trouble.
After this, Afridi lashed Miandad on twitter and later also mulls legal action against Miandad.
Javed Miandad is legend of cricket but he used very harsh words on TV for long time. He made personal attack on me for no reason1/2
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) October 9, 2016
I tolerated for long time but every person has a limit, sad that Javed Miandad was making personal attacks for long time2/2
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) October 9, 2016
I regret what I said to a senior but of course I had to eventually react to his behaviour.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) October 9, 2016
According to a tweet by senior Pakistan journalist Saj Sadiq, Afridi may drag Miandad to court.
Shahid Afridi is to send a legal notice to Javed Miandad for accusing him of match fixing #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 10, 2016
Pakistan cricket and match-fixing go back a long way. Every time it appears that the dark days of fixing saga are behind, the ghosts return to haunt Pakistan cricket. This time, it has triggered a war of sorts between two popular players.
“I will meet PCB executive committee’s chairman Najam Sethi and talk to him about what the board wants to do regarding the farewell game,” Afridi was earlier quoted as saying by the Dawn.
Responding to the controversial remark passed by Afridi, Miandad suggested that it was Afridi, and not him, who was behind money by claiming the ‘Boom Boom’ star had fixed matches and sold the Pakistan team. “The whole team had fixed matches. If I had any money related issues, I wouldn’t have left the team, but I did,” the legendary batsman added.