Harsha Bhogle slams Waqar Younis for calling Rizwan’s on-field namaz in entrance of Hindus particular

Controversies across the high-voltage India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match on October 24 refuse to die.Former Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis sparked a recent controversy on Tuesday, October 26, when he mentioned on a Pakistani information channel that watching Pakistani opener Mohammad Rizwan providing namaz “in front of Hindus was very special to him”. Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar was additionally on the present.

However, this didn’t go down properly with Indian sports activities commentator Harsha Bhogle. He referred to as the assertion “dangerous” and mentioned that the cricket world wanted to be united and never divided by faith.Bhogle mentioned: “For a person of Waqar Younis’ stature to say that watching Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus was very special to him, is one of the most disappointing things I have heard. A lot of us try hard to play such things down and talk up sport and to hear this is terrible.”For an individual of Waqar Younis’ stature to say that watching Rizwan providing namaz in entrance of Hindus was very particular to him, is without doubt one of the most disappointing issues I’ve heard. Numerous us strive exhausting to play such issues down and speak up sport and to listen to that is horrible.— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 26, 2021
“You would think that cricketers, as ambassadors of our game, would be a little more responsible. I am sure there will be an apology on the way from Waqar. We need to unite the cricket world, not divide it by religion,” he added.“I really hope that a lot of genuine sports lovers in Pakistan are able to see the dangerous side to this statement and join in my disappointment. It makes it very difficult for sports lovers like us to try and tell people it is just sport, just a cricket match,” he added.A video of Mohammad Rizwan providing namaz through the drinks break of the match on Sunday went viral.Pakistan ke Khiladi Muhammad Rizwan khel ke medan me namaz ada karte hue masha Allah pic.twitter.com/UfTnOSr2Td— Luqman Khan (@Luqman_Khan_Zai) October 25, 2021
Babar Azam’s Pakistani aspect scripted historical past, defeating Virat Kohli’s India by 10 wickets within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 match in Dubai. Rizwan made an unbeaten 79, whereas Babar scored 68 not-out. Before this recreation, Pakistan had by no means received a World Cup match in opposition to India in any format.PAK MINISTER SAYS ‘WIN A VICTORY OF ISLAM’In a video that went viral on Sunday, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed had stoked an argument saying that the feelings of Muslims from world wide, together with in India, had been with the Pakistani cricket crew through the match.BABAR AGREES TO ‘NON-BELIEVERS DESTROYED’ COMMENT In one other video that went viral after the match, Pakistani commentator Bazid Khan might be heard saying: “Kufr to toot hi gaya” (translated by many because the non-believers have been lastly destroyed), to which captain Babar Azam says, “Yeh allah ka karm hai.”Pakistani commentator mentioned “Kuffar to toot hi gaya” (the non-believers has been been lastly destroyed).Babur in reply says, “Yeh allah ka karm hai” pic.twitter.com/FpQiKVFAu9— Megh Updates (@MeghUpdates1) October 24, 2021