Afridi was returning home Friday night
after Pakistan won the Asia Cup by defeating Bangladesh when he was
surrounded by hordes of fans at the airport seeking his autograph. He
punched a fan in the face who was insisting on an autograph.
The all-rounder apologized over the Karachi airport incident, Geo News reported on Saturday.
His three-year-old daughter had come to the airport to welcome him with flowers.
Pakistan star all-rounder Shahid Afridi failed to keep his cool and attacked the fans at the Jinnah International Airport Karachi after return from Bangladesh.
Afridi was among six Pakistani players of Asia cup winning team who returned to Karachi from Dhaka on Friday including Younus Khan, M Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal and Sarfaraz Ahmed besides Afridi.
The cricket enthusiasts were waiting for their heroes at the airport and when the team reached there they started greeting and shaking hands with them. A large number of fans were around Afridi to shake hand and to get his autograph. The all-rounder got irritated and started abusing the fans to keep them away. Before departing from airport, Afridi completely got out of senses, returned and attacked fans with slaps and punches.
The national team players are heroes of the nation and their fans love them a lot and feel proud while meeting with them so these heroes should be given due respect and honour for their true sentiments towards their heroes. They should not be beaten or abusing as Afridi did as this is very shameful act and he should say sorry to the fans.
Before the mishap, talking to media Afridi said that a 10 year future plan should be made for the betterment of Pakistan cricket. ”Bangladesh gave a tough time to us and it seemed that we were playing against Australia in final,” he added.
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