Karachi, January 26: Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he has gotten over the anger and hurt he felt at being “snubbed” in the Indian Premier League auction and is open to playing the Twenty20 event in future.
Afridi said if an opportunity came his way, he would like to play in India in the Champions League or IPL in future provided he gets the government’s go ahead.
The flamboyant all-rounder said he was guided by the teachings of Holy Prophet and willing to forget and forgive what happened in the IPL.
“After the IPL auction I was deeply hurt and angry, the way Pakistani players were treated was disrespectful and in my view wrong. Whose fault it was..I don’t know,” Afridi said in a statement posted on pakpassion.net.
–Agencies