Shahid Afridi thought fighting spark with fire would do the trick. But he did not expect to get burnt. But now that he has, he has decided to refrain from touching upon topics that are sensitive across borders.
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The Pakistan cricket captain has found himself in plenty of trouble after making comments that were hard not to interpreted as being against Indians and against Hindus. Shahid Afridi faced the ire in India, particularly after the India v Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi final in Mohali that raised a lot of tension but only on the field.
Afridi's comments were interpreted as being as those of a man bitter by the loss while India went onto win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Afridi's attempts later to retract his statements failed to win anyone over and it seemed by then the big hearts of the Pakistan citizens had indeed become bigger because the Indian cricket fans were in no mood to forgive the highest wicket taker of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
In the chaos that ensued in India following Afridi's comments, it was lost that while Shahid Afridi could have exercised discretion, his remarks were in part provoked by one or two Indian news networks that portrayed the Pakistan cricket as a bunch of thieves. But that was lost in the din of Afridi bashing. Given the high profile nature that an Indo Pak clash, it was expected that sentiments would be riled one way or another while largely the attempt has been to bring the two nations together, which even saw the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, extending an invitation to the Pakistan Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, with the latter accepting the invite.
Afridi has decided it is better to move on than attempt to right a wrong. While he can no longer take back his words, the Pakistan Twenty20 and ODI captain has decided silence in the future is the better choice and there would be no anti-Hindu or anti-Indian comments and certainly no comparisons between Hindus and Muslims or India and Pakistan even though his purpose was not to infuriate one against the other, that is if he is actually able to live up to it. Given Afridi's tendency to get into trouble often inadvertently, it would seem this would be the one time when Afridi truly meant what he said.
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