The World Championship of Legends was to be played between India and Pakistan on 20 July 2025. After the Pahalgam attack, many Indian players decided to boycott the match. The management finally had to bow down to the Indian players and the match was canceled. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan expressed his disappointment after the match was canceled. Let me tell you, Shahid Afridi had grown poison in India after the Pahalgam terror attack, which is part of the Pakistan World Champion team in this league.
Shahid Afridi has now given his reaction on the cancellation of India Verses Pakistan match. He revealed that many players of the Indian team were disappointed with the cancellation of this match, they took this decision only because of a team player.
According to Geosuper.TV, during the media conference, he said that the Indian cricketers are also disappointed with not playing the match and he blamed Shikhar Dhawan for his withdrawal from the match, who had publicly announced. Afridi called Dhawan a rotten egg and accused him of spoiling the rest of the Indian players.
Afridi further said that sports bring countries closer. If politics comes between everything, then how will you move forward? Things cannot be solved without dialogue. The purpose of such events is also to meet each other. But you know that there is always a rotten egg that spoils everything.
At the same time, Afridi, while pouring ghee in the fire, said that Dhawan is a cause of embarrassment for his country. He further said that if the Indian team did not want to play cricket in WCL 2025, they should have stayed at home.