Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan has lambasted ex-Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi after he insulted the Indian army in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attacks.
The comment and reply come only days after the April 22 terrorist incident in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people. The episode has culminated in one of India's worst encounters with Pakistan.
Afridi had previously questioned the Indian Army's participation, calling it 'nalayak, nikamma' (good for nothing, useless) for failing to prevent the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
"Tum logon ki 8 lakh ki fauj hai Kashmir mein aur yeh ho gaya. Iska matlab nalayak ho, nikamme ho na tum log ki security de nahi sake logon ko (You have an 8,00,000-strong army in Kashmir and this still happened. It means you are inefficient and useless if you couldn't provide security to the people).
Hairat hoti hai ki hamle ke ek ghante ke baad hi unka media Bollywood ban gaya. Khuda ke liye har kuch ko Bollywood mat banao (It's surprising that within an hour of the attack, their media turned into Bollywood. For God's sake, don't make everything Bollywood),” Afridi stated on a TV show.
"Main hairaan ho gaya, balki main enjoy kar raha tha jis tarah ki woh baatein kar rahe the (I was astonished, in fact, I was enjoying the way they were talking). Main keh raha tha dekho inki soch, yeh apne aap ko padhe likhe log kehte hain (I was saying, look at their thinking, and they call themselves educated people),” he added.
And now former India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, who played 34 Tests, 167 ODIs, and 68 T20Is for India from 2010-2022, has given an apt reply to Afridi.
"Kargil mein bhi haraya tha, already itna gire hue ho aur kitna giroge, bewajah comments pass karne se acha hai apne desh ki taraqqi mai dimag lagao @SAfridiOfficial. Humein hamari Indian Army par bohot garv hai. Bharat Mata Ki Jai! Jai Hind! (We beat you in Kargil. Already you guys have stooped so low, how further can you go? Instead of passing commentes, focus on improving the conditions of your own country. We are proud of Indian Army)," Dhawan said in a X post.
