PSL: Wahab Riaz and Ahmad Shahzad opens up about their on-field brawl 1
Wahab Riaz and Ahmad Shahzad opens up about their on-field brawl. Image Credits: Twitter
The match between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators on Sunday was in the news for the wrong reason as an ugly mid-pitch brawl between two high profile Pakistani national squad members, Wahab Riaz and Ahmed Shehzad. Both the players were fined by PCB. But the trouble boiled over after the match as well.
A lot has been discussed about the disappointing clash, and the two players have themselves tweeted their reactions to the incident –with Wahab appearing to be apologetic, and Shehzad looking to wave away the importance of the incident with a joke.
Wahab’s apology

 

 

Shahzad’s bully

Shahzad’s interesting to chat with Geo TV editor Hamid Mir

Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi said, “The fight shouldn’t have happened in the first place because it doesn’t look good but it has happened so we can’t do anything about it now.”

Sarfraz Ahmed said, “It all happened in the heat of the moment and shouldn’t have happened; that’s all I can say about it as we need to move on and focus on challenges ahead.”

What happen in the fifth over of 14th February match

The physical push has taken place in the fifth over of the Gladiators’ innings, following the wicket of Ahmed Shahzad. Shahbaz was recently dropped from the national team. He hit a six over mid-wicket off the first ball of the fifth over.

Riaz, who was known for fighting fire with fire, uprooted Shehzad’s stumps off the very next ball, with a well disguised slower delivery. He then stared at the batsman’s eye. Shahzad was also not too back away either, pointed his bat towards the bowler and said something. The players came together, and it looked Riaz then gave pushed away Shahzad. Teammates gathers together to control the situation.

Afridi was seen calming down Riaz while Shahzad’s batting partner stop him from reacting to Riaz’s shove. Meanwhile, Wahab had the last laugh as he finished for 2 for 19 and his team Peshawar Zalmi won by 8 wickets.

Sudipta Biswas

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