Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi's recent autobiography "Game Changer" has caused a major stir amongst the cricketing fraternities, and the latest in the fray is the nation's out of favour opening batsman, Imran Farhat, who has accused Afridi of 'ruining plenty of careers’ for his own good.
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Afridi, who revealed he was born in 1975 but not in 1980 as the previous official records stated, made many revelations in his books and slammed several cricketers for either their attitude or the coaching style. One of them was the nation’s great, Javed Miandad. Writing about him, Afridi, 44, had said that he was forced to praise Miandad in a post-match presentation and also added that he didn’t let him participate in the batting practice ahead of Pakistan’s Test match against India in 1999.
Reacting to it, Miandad clarified himself by saying, “I was the one who guided him back from the dressing room during his brilliant century knock in Canada,” Miandad was quoted as saying by arysports.tv.
"He has been changed completely now. His attitude is very disappointing for everyone belongs to cricket fraternity in Pakistan. His book has been written just to earn money,” Miandad added.
And recently, in a series of tweets, former Pakistan opener, Imran Farhat vent out his frustration by branding Afridi as a selfish player and that he used to ‘blackmail’ the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) through his sponsorships.
"I am utterly ashamed from what I have heard and read so far regarding this new book of Afridi, someone who has lied about his age for 20 odd years now decides to come clean and name and blame some of our living legends," said the 36-year-old.
"I have a lot of stories to tell regarding this so-called Saint we have had the pleasure of playing with. He sure is talented enough to become a politician.
"Pakistan Cricket Board ko blackmail sab say ziada is nain kiya hai apne sponsorship k zariye.” (He has blackmailed PCB the most through his sponsorships).
Meanwhile, as Times of India quotes, a petition to stop the publication of Afridi’s book has been filed in a court in Pakistan.
