Thursday, 7 January 2016

Afridi defends ‘dismissive’ reply to reporter

Shahid Afridi defended himself and acknowledged obligation regarding the embarrassment in the UAE. "I generally regard others and request the same from others," he said. 

"It's under my captaincy that the group rose to number two however we made essential mistakes to lose against England and that influenced our rankings." 

Group chief Intikhab Alam figured out how to appease the media, who returned on Thursday to cover the last day of the camp. 

"I have conversed with Afridi and he has repeated that he regards the media, so ideally such an episode won't happen once more," Alam said on Thursday. 

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the occurrence ought not be made a huge deal about. 

"It ought not have happened," said PCB director Shaharyar Khan. "We will investigate it however don't take it as something huge." 

Afridi has driven Pakistan since Mohammad Hafeez ventured down in 2014, winning six of the last ten matches. 

Pakistan will travel to New Zealand on January 10 to play three T20 matches and the same number of one-day internationals, the first in Auckland on January 15. 

Afridi said he was certain the players would enhance their rankings amid the visit.

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