Pakistan made three changes to their preliminary squad for the World Cup 2019. Junaid Khan was one of the unfortunate players who were axed from the squad. He posted a picture on Twitter in protest to his axing and former Shahid Afridi revealed that he would have done the same thing if he would have been in Junaid’s place.

After his axing, Junaid posted a picture on Twitter with a black tape on his mouth and with the caption ‘I don’t want to say anything. Sach karwa hota hai’ (Truth is bitter). He later deleted the tweet.

This did not go quite well with some of the fans. Shahid Afridi expressed his opinion on the issue. While talking to reporters, he said, “In my opinion, what Junaid did was not right, there was no need to do that you can protest while remaining silent as well. But probably I would have done the same if I was at his place. He has a lot of cricket left in him. Obviously, he was disappointed since this would have been his first World Cup and I think management should have handled it in a better way.”

Watch the video here:

Shahid Afridi "what Junaid Khan did regarding being dropped for the World Cup was wrong, but I would have done what he did" ???? #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/xsdKthYe22

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) May 25, 2019