Just a few days back, the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and his young teammate, star pacer Shaheen Afridi were in the headlines of both social and mainstream media for ‘not so good’ reasons. A lot of speculations and media articles learned about the reported dressing room rifts between Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi.
As per the reports and speculations, the alleged heated conversation between Babar and Shaheen was reported to be unfolded as follows.
Babar – Senior players aren’t playing responsibly.
Shaheen – At least appreciate who bowled and batted well.
Babar – I know who’s performing well.
The sources also learned that it was the wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan who came in the middle to calm down both Babar and Shaheen sensing the intensity of the situation.
Meanwhile, in a recent piece of delightful news, Shaheen Afridi himself has debunked all the speculations and all the media reports of a speculated rift with skipper Babar Azam. The star pace spearhead came up with a special post on X, including a picture with Babar.
“Family (with red heart emoji),” read the caption of the X post uploaded by Shaheen Afridi, alongside a pic with Babar Azam.
Here’s a look at the recent post uploaded by Shaheen Afridi:
family ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VjKAFOTIE5
— Shaheen Shah Afridi (@iShaheenAfridi) September 19, 2023
Both Shaheen and Babar were recently in action with Pakistan during the recently concluded Asia Cup 2023. Unfortunately, the men in green failed to make it to the final of the tournament after a close defeat by 2 wickets in their last super-4 match against the co-hosts, Sri Lanka. Pakistan also faced a humiliating loss of 228 runs in their second Asia Cup 2023 match against the arch-rivals, India.
Now, Babar’s men will be in action in the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023, in India; their squad for the marquee international tournament is yet to be announced by the selectors. The star pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi will be one of the vital cogs in the wheel of Pakistan’s campaign in their quest for the ODI World Cup title after a long wait of 31 years since 1992.
Here’s how fans reacted to the recent X-post by Shaheen Afridi:
All Agendas In Mud, haters Take That 🤞 pic.twitter.com/GlNj6cE7wb
— Marwan 🇵🇰 (@Marrwan56) September 19, 2023
But some news aggregator said you guys fought in the dressing room? Should have quoted them and posted this no?
— Archer (@poserarcher) September 19, 2023
Much needed tweet ♥️ 🔥
— Adnan Shahid (@AdnanSP_) September 19, 2023
Lets call it a picture perfect ✨❤️
— Maham Gillani (@DheetAfridian) September 19, 2023
Beautiful Picture ❤️
— Wajahat Kazmi (@KazmiWajahat) September 19, 2023
Apnay babar k sath pic upload karkay saray logo ki bakwasiyat khatam kardi
— 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐫 (@Karman_1s) September 19, 2023
All the agendas of hate mongers in the mud.
— Pakistani Shaheens Brigade (@ShaheensBrigade) September 19, 2023
WE. ARE. CLEARRRR#SochnaBhiManaHai
Matlab ek minute ke ander sub ko chup karwa diya💚🇵🇰🏏👍
— Tariq Khan (@khattar_01) September 19, 2023
Dono me Jhagra hone ki baat jhuti thi??
— Md Husnain (@mdrj007) September 19, 2023
Woh log saamne aaye jo keh rahe tha there's a rift between Babar and Shaheen!
— Noor A Yousufzai 💕. (@AuratZaatt) September 19, 2023
Matlab likes and reach k chakkar mein kuch bhi bol doge?? Have some shame.