Pakistan’s former cricket captain, Shahid Afridi, forbids his daughters from gambling on the sport or other outdoor video games.
Afridi on Friday faced complaints about his stance, but in his new memoir, defined himself as a conservative Pakistani father who had made the selection for “social and non secular reasons.”
- “Feminists can say anything they want approximately my choice,” he wrote.
- The All-rounder said while his daughters were precise at sport, they might no longer play in public.
“They have my permission to play any sport, so long as they’re interior,” he wrote in Game Changer posted a closing week. “Cricket? No, no, not for my ladies. They have permission to play all the indoor video games they need, but my daughters aren’t going to be competing in public wearing activities.”
The 44-year-antique all-rounder, who earned the moniker “growth growth” for his aggressive batting style, changed into criticized for his selection.
“Shahid Afridi is no higher than a regular center-elderly common Pakistani man, who wouldn’t mind hanging out with a person else’s daughters but could recoil if his personal did the identical,” stated one commentator on Twitter.
“Terrible to restrict your daughters from making their alternatives, but additionally disrespectful to our top-notch women’s cricket crew who has achieved Pakistan proud globally,” said any other.
Afridi held the record for the maximum number of sixes hit in international cricket until earlier this year. He nonetheless has the record for sixes struck in one-day internationals.
Pakistan’s women’s crew is currently ranked 7th in the ICC’s future international ratings and is traveling to South Africa, where they are tied one-all with the hosts.
His well-known ebook shows that he turned 19 when he blasted onto the world stage with a record-breaking 37-ball century against Sri Lanka in 1996, not 16, as the government said.
