Shahid Afridi Dropped From Squad Due To Political Activities

Shahid khan AfridiKarachi: Boom Boom Afridi is has been eliminated from the final squad for the Champions Trophy which will start from this June in England. There are lots of speculations regarding not selecting Shahid Afridi. A local Urdu Web-portal claimed that Shahid Afridi’s Meeting with Nawaz Sharif was one of the major reasons of drop. Afridi not only met PML-N Chief for condolence but he was also willing to attend Tehreek e Insaf Karachi Jalsa.

Though, Selection Committee took final decision on Afridi exclusion, Captain Misbah was also involved in Advice. Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf was also not happy with Afridi’s political activities. Afridi also attended a public gathering of Independent Candidate from NA-46 and he also asked locals to vote Afridi tribe candidate. Zaka Ashraf was played important role to eliminate Afridi’s name, web-portal claimed.

On other hand, Shahid Afridi blamed ODI Captain Misbah ul Haq for his exclusion from Champions trophy axe squad. It was captain decision to drop me, I am much better than many other Pakistani cricketers, Afridi said. Now Afridi is hoping to show his form in T20 event in England in which he will play from English county Hampshire side.

It’s worth mentioning here that Shahid Afridi was dropped from Pakistani ODI squad for Champions Trophy 2013 along with Umer Akmal and Sohail Tanvir. Umar Gul is also out of squad due to knee injury, he will back in action after 12 weeks.

Here is final squad: Misbah ul Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Asad Ali, Abdur Rehman and Ehsan Adil.

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