Comments on: In Praise of Shahid Afridi

By: Premkumar

Premkumar — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:59:24 +0000

Anyways afridi did his best knowing that the match is fixed. Along with players who support match fixing and catch dropping, he did get a chance to catch one. also as the century for tendulkar was also fixed, afridi knew one day or another, he will get the reward for taking that catch.Now he is out of the team.

By: Arghya

Arghya — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:30:55 +0000

Well I think his comments today are strange. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were made under pressure of some kind- being a Pakistani captain, losing to India in a World Cup semi-final and then saying nice things about India wouldn’t please quite a few people in Pakistan, I can imagine. And as we all know, it’s hard sticking to a moderate viewpoint in Pakistan today.
So I still think we should celebrate him making a genuine statement in the first place, rather than politically motivated afterthoughts he may have had.

By: Harini Viswanathan

Harini Viswanathan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:05:38 +0000

Cant have a more gracious captain than sangakarra though. He embodies the spirit of sportsmanship =D

By: Sudeshna Sengupta

Sudeshna Sengupta — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:56:46 +0000

Do watch his remarks over a Pakistan channel today. Surprising statements. All the dinner diplomacy goes flying out into the cold. Does everything need be so bitterly politically coloured?

By: Karan

Karan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:07:42 +0000

Volte-Face?

By: Harsh

Harsh — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:27:29 +0000

Great Post Arghya! … and now that we have made it to the finals, looking back it seems fitting enough that it was Afridi who caught Sachin for an innings punctuated with dropped catches and close calls . I ll surely remember his reaction, he so rightly deserves credit for keeping his calm and dignity under pressure.

By: Shivprasad

Shivprasad — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:39:05 +0000

Great post, Arghya. I think you sum up the sentiment of a lot many sensible Indian cricket followers. Also agree that most of the lot who admired him for what he did on Wednesday were fresh converts (myself included). While he did conduct himself well post match, he also conducted himself admirably in the course of the game. While his fielders were dropping catches of Sachin not once did he give any chat to the batsman. The scene of Afridi say something to Sachin with a broad smile on that occasion will also be one of the memorable moments on a day otherwise replete with some dull cricket (as Suhirth points out).

By: Suhrith

Suhrith — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:41:17 +0000

Excellent piece, Arghya. I thought Afridi’s post-match comments were that much more commendable when one considers the kind of twaddle that some of Pakistan’s past captains have uttered on occasions such as these.