Afridi: don't let the door hit you on the way out

[Jolie]

Re: Afridi: don’t let the door hit you on the way out

@Shak

Had Afridi looked like Inzi (no offence to Inzi) instead of having model looks he would have been out of the team decade ago. He is the commercial milking cow for PCB with his ads and commercial value and hence has never been dropped.

Every kid with a bat wants to be the next Afridi in the country. This is how badly his popularity has polluted the street cricket culture in Pakistan and overtaken the importance of being a proper attacking batsman a la Miandad, Inzimam style, in the eyes of aspiring youngsters. Good thing he’s leaving Pakistan cricket, it is about time, PCB invest some money in proper advertising and awareness campaign that aims to revive the names and services of proper batting legends for the new generation to look up to.

The young generation of cricketers in Pakistan need to start appreciating legendary batsmen instead of idolising and fatally emulating this mindless slogger whose all ‘superstar qualities’ will be forgotten in few years time.