Birmingham, July 20 — In a plot twist worthy of a cricket sitcom, the highly anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) has been officially cancelled—and the credit (or blame) goes to Shahid Afridi’s “verbal bouncers”, not his bowling.
Five senior Indian players—Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, and Harbhajan Singh—refused to play against Afridi, citing his past anti-India statements and social media jabs as the reason.
So, technically, Afridi didn’t just take 5 wickets—he wiped out the entire match!
Organizers tried to salvage the situation but finally waved the white flag.
Fans on both sides are now treating this like a legendary Afridi “performance” without a single ball bowled.
Social media erupted with jokes:
“Afridi ne match cancel karwa diya—yeh hoti hai all-round performance!”
(“Afridi cancelled the whole match—that’s what you call true all-rounding!”)
“Boom Boom ne stadium se nahi, Twitter se India ko haraya!”
The match was expected to be the first India-Pakistan encounter since recent cross-border tensions. But now, the cricketing world is watching a different kind of rivalry—press conferences instead of powerplays, and boycotts instead of bouncers.
Afridi, of course, has remained cool as ever. After all, when you can cancel matches just by being on the team list, who needs practice?