‘Son, you perform first…’, Shahid Afridi angry over Shadab Khan’s statement regarding former greats

T20 WC 2026: Pakistan has finally made it to the Super-8 by defeating Namibia in its last group league match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. After the match, the team’s all-rounder Shadab Khan took a dig at the former players of his own country. After which PCB also warned him, now former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi also reacted strongly on this whole matter.

What did Shahid Afridi say?

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, while reacting to Shadab Khan’s statement, said, first play the entire tournament, we still have to face New Zealand and Sri Lanka. In his statement, Afridi also said that we used to win not only against small teams but also against big teams. Now this statement of Afridi is becoming increasingly viral on social media.

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What did you say on World Cup victory?

In fact, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, while talking to Sama TV recently, said that Shadab was absolutely right, he won from India, we did not win. He got respect for it but he couldn’t handle it. After winning in 2021, he could not handle his mutual issues. Afridi further said that Shadab should also know that when he was not able to perform, it was we who were protecting him. He is a nice boy, and gets along very well with everyone.

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Shahid Afridi gave advice

While giving advice to Shadab Khan, the former captain said, son, you answer with your performance. He reminded the Pakistani all-rounder that his only special performance in this tournament was against Namibia. You should perform similarly against New Zealand and Sri Lanka. If we perform against big teams and win the matches, we will automatically become silent. Recalling his time, Afridi said, “When we played cricket, we also had to face a lot of criticism. But we always responded with our performance.”

Shahid Afridi on Shadab Khan’s statement about Ex-cricketers.

“Shadab is right, we didn’t win against India in WC, they won in 2021. They received respect, but they couldn’t uphold it”.

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What did Shadab Khan say?

After facing a crushing defeat against India, Pakistan team is facing severe criticism. Questions are being raised on the performance of the senior players of the team. Responding to these criticisms, Shadab Khan had said that, what we did, even our former veterans could not do. We defeated India in the 2021 World Cup. Whereas our former veterans could not do this.