Women’s T20 World Cup tournament is currently being held in South Africa from February 10 to 26 with 10 major women’s team participating in the tournament. At a time when the complete focus of cricket fans is on women’s cricket, Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi’s old comment about women’s cricket has resurfaced on social media.
Shahid Afridi’s shocking remark on women’s cricket reemerges during Women’s T20 World Cup
Women’s cricketers are experiencing a golden phase of their lives as women’s cricket has become the talk of the town. Women’s cricket has seen immense growth in the past couple of years and the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup is already getting a huge positive response from cricket fans across the globe.
At a time when women’s cricket is experiencing great success and exposure, an old video showing Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi giving his opinion about women in cricket has reappeared across the social media platforms. Afridi can be clearly seen demeaning women’s cricket by his comments in the viral video.
In the viral video, a reporter asked Afridi about what he thinks on women in cricket and whether Peshawar should be getting its own girls cricket team and whether he too wished that Pakistani women should get progress in their sports or not.
The former Pakistan skipper gave a shocking response to reporter’s question as he said, “Yaar hamari khawateen k naa, hamari khawateen k haath mai maja bahut jyada hai. To wo khana bahot achha banati hai (Our women have magic in their hands, and so that’s why they cook really well)”
Listen what Shahid Afridi thinks about Women's cricket:-#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/eJ24DJF5J5
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddel_vohra) February 12, 2023
The reporter wanted to ask him a bit future about Women’s cricket but Afridi interrupted him and said, “Thank you. Jawab mil gaya naa aapko (You’ve got your answer).”
On February 12, Twitter user @mufaddel_vohra posted the video with the caption “Listen what Shahid Afridi thinks about Women’s cricket. “ Cricket fans were clearly displeased with Afridi’s comments and showed their disappointment on the viral video. The video has already been retweeted 321 times.
When all eyes are set on the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, Shahid Afridi’s comment received huge backlash by the cricket fraternity is looking forward to the growth of Women’s cricket. The game between India and Pakistan on February 12 was a nail-biting thriller and the cricket fans from both countries showed their immense support to the women’s team of their respective nations.