Shahid Afridi. The name has the ability elicit responses from the whole spectrum of human emotions. He has been loved, worshiped, emulated, hated, insulted, criticized and wished death upon… and everything in between.

Recently, the man, as the captain of Team Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20, made a statement in response to a question about concerns regarding playing in India considering how the two countries aren’t enjoying the best of terms, these days. Afridi’s response has gone down in history.

 

He said that he felt more loved in India than he did in his home country, Pakistan.

Whoaa… right? Time to put all the fatwas on this bastard.

Here’s how Pakistanis have responded:

 

Some have made the obvious jokes about the garm josh Pakistanis:

 

Others have shown how much of a garm josh Pakistani they are:

 

There were jokes about the statement resulting in a possible Indian citizenship for Afridi:

 

 

While some poor souls tried to use reasoning to help the ghairatmand folks understand the context of the statement:

https://twitter.com/AzeemRmalik/status/709667143307157504

Must’ve regretted doing that as soon as he sent out that tweet.

 

Biwi jokes were made too:

https://twitter.com/beinghridophile/status/709667543175172096

 

There were the international affairs experts contributing their token tweets:

https://twitter.com/Khn2012/status/709670753243897856

 

And the Afridi supporters responded to the criticism as well:

https://twitter.com/7th_Samurai/status/709669342686765056

 

It was announced that he is going to miss practice because he has a fever. Here’s what people had to say about that too:

https://twitter.com/saamiaamjad/status/709670338653757440

https://twitter.com/safniaha8/status/709668963106603008

 

But this guy used the whole controversy to pitch himself as the most eligible bachelor of Pakistan:

 

Now, a lawyer in Lahore, having been “seriously distressed” by the statement made by Afridi filed a legal notice against him. Upon being questioned for the reason of his legal notice, this is what the said lawyer responded with:

“I have served a legal notice on Shahid Afridi and ‘de facto’ chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Najam Sethi for their love for India over Pakistan. I have also written to PCB chairman Shahryar Khan to launch an inquiry into the statement of Afridi in India.”

He also added, “Afridi has let down the whole Pakistani nation for expressing more love for India than Pakistan. In fact, he has committed treason. Now who will ensure that Pakistani team will play against India in Kolkata in T20 match to win.”

We live in passionate times, indeed.


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