Friend of Pak/Karachi cricket or a Foe....

Captain1 · October 6, 2011, 9:13pm

Re: Friend of Pak/Karachi cricket or a Foe…

This news prompted me to open this debate to see how KK members see afridi, is he something that plays with Pakistan’s interest at his heart or not, or Karachi’s interest when he plays domestic cricket?

I think this topic “Friend of Pak/Karachi cricket or a Foe…” deserves to be discussed as saperate thread*

Here we go, finally Karachi players are realizing how much cancer afridi is to not only Pakistan cricket but also Karachi cricket.

6 Karachi Dolphins players blame Afridi for FBT20 debacle
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Sources told The Sports Encounter correspondent here that at least six players of the Karachi Dolphins playing-eleven blamed Boom Boom Afridi for the team’s lackluster performance in the high-profile domestic T20 tournament where the top Karachi team failed to qualify into the knockout stages.

As per details, six players including Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Shazaib Hasan, Azam Hussain, Tanvir Ahmed, and Wajeehuddin didn’t show up in the training session on Tuesday after having serious differences with captain Shahid Afridi.

The training camp is on for the preparation of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2011-12 which is scheduled to start from October 6.

The six players also had differences with Karachi Dolphins coach Saleem Jaffar, who is also coaching Karachi Blues in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2011-12.

Sources disclosed that all the six players belong to Port Qasim Authority’s team and they were unhappy with the way Shahid Afridi led the Karachi Dolphins in Faysal Bank T20 Cup.
President Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA), Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari, while talking to The Sports Encounter correspondent confirmed the differences among the players. “Yes. Cricketers have concerns over some issues concerning Shahid Afridi but they domestic T20 event is over now and Afridi is not in Karachi Blues team, so what’s wrong with them. I met today with Port Qasim’s coach former test captain Rashid Latif and we resolved the issues”, he said.
However, sources claimed that actually the boycott was a part of strategy as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is being held on the sidelines of Grade II tournament where Port Qasim team is participating and all of these six players wanted to represent their department instead of Karachi Blues.

Its hard to tell what the issue was whether the players wanted to play from their department as the last para said or if it was because Afridi causing trouble in the team. The players didn’t indicate any problem in particular whether it was playing order, decision making or something else.