Gautam Gambhir, former cricket and current Member Parliament from East Delhi constituency, slammed Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi over his Kashmir remark on micro-blogging site Twitter Thursday.
“Some people never grow up, they play cricket but they never age. His brain doesn’t grow either. If he wants to politicise everything, why doesn’t he join politics but politics too needs people with maturity, which he lacks,” said Gambhir in Hindi.
#WATCH BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir on former Pakistani cricketer, Shahid Afridi’s tweet on Kashmir: Some people never grow up, they play cricket but they never age, their brains don’t grow either. pic.twitter.com/daCosLug6Y
— ANI (@ANI) August 29, 2019
A day earlier, Afridi had tweeted in support of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s appeal to show solidarity with Kashmiri’s on Friday in the wake of abrogation of Article 370. He had also announced his visit to LOC and shaheed’s home, which in all likelihood implies visiting the home of a person who is recognized as a terrorist by the India.
Let’s respond to PM call for Kashmir Hour as a nation. I will be at Mazar e Quaid at 12 pm on Friday. Join me to express solidarity with our Kashmiri brethren.
On 6 Sep I will visit home of a Shaheed. I will soon be visiting LOC.— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) August 28, 2019
Afridi’s unwarranted political tweet earned the ire of Gambhir. The two have not been in good terms with each other on the field either and are often seen locking horns on social media.
In response, Gambhir, rather explicitly, took a dig at the Pakistani cricketer who is often seen venturing into uncharted territories of Kashmir by supporting terrorists wreaking havoc on the Indian soil at the behest of his country’s proxy war against India.
Guys, in this picture Shahid Afridi is asking Shahid Afridi that what should Shahid Afridi do next to embarrass Shahid Afridi so that’s it’s proven beyond all doubts that Shahid Afridi has refused to mature!!! Am ordering online kindergarten tutorials for help @SAfridiOfficial pic.twitter.com/uXUSgxqZwK
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 28, 2019
Gambhir tweeted a picture of Afridi and added, “In this picture Shahid Afridi is asking Shahid Afridi that what should Shahid Afridi do next to embarrass Shahid Afridi so that’s it’s proven beyond all doubts that Shahid Afridi has refused to mature!!! Am ordering online kindergarten tutorials for help.”
The war of words did not end at this and Afridi came back with reference to a comment by former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton in his book that Mr Gambhir was “mentally the most insecure, negative and pessimistic”.
Change of weather in Karachi, rain in the air ? Also each time Gautam tries to make himself relevant, I am reminded of this… https://t.co/sGby3MTp60 pic.twitter.com/GepxkSugPM
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) August 28, 2019
@SAfridiOfficial you are a hilarious man!!! Anyway, we are still granting visas to Pakistanis for medical tourism. I will personally take you to a psychiatrist.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 4, 2019
