Shahid Afridi's interview to dawn creating furore in India

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Re: Shahid Afridi’s interview to dawn creating furore in India

@Lucid_Chaotic

In the original video interview and the Dawn article, there’s no association with the term “Muslims” … furthermore, he’s simply talking about the “Indian cricket team” … not “Indians”. Also, I don’t see where he said anything about the future of relations in the two countries. He’s only mentioning the negative influence of Indian media. Perhaps, he could have qualified his statements more by referring to a subset of Indian media. We’ve all talked about the day and night difference between Indian media channels such as Zee that dwell on negative sensationalism versus outlets like NDTV that are more constructive in their coverage. In light of this, what Afridi is saying isn’t unfounded… but as a captain, he shouldn’t let these things affect him much and learn to ignore the negativities.

I agree with most except that it was NOT cool of him to say that (indians dont have big hearts as us muslims and pakistanis) even about the indian team. Both teams seemed to get along well on the field… there was no drama or excessive sledging or controversies.. leave it at that.. does he expect that he can make such comments about the indian team in the sensationalist media and it will not create drama?