Twitter Reaction: Ishant Sharma Latest To Lash Out At Shahid Afridi
Apr 6, 2018 at 9:39 AM
Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma is the latest cricketer to hit back at Shahid Afridi after the latter’s controversial comments on Kashmir.
The 38-year old, who had retired from international cricket, had accused India over the situation in Kashmir region. He tweeted his views saying: “Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self-determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren’t they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?”
His tweet had caught the eye of Indian media and drew plenty of criticism from various celebrities across the country. Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was one of the first to speak about it.
Then the likes of Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar have all pitched in their opinions.
As an Indian, I feel offended to see such baseless remarks! Kashmir is, was and…will always be an integral part of India.
— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) April 5, 2018
The issue of Kashmir had always been the issue between India and Pakistan. The topic has been a heated debate between the two countries ever since they were split by Britishers back in 1947.
Although, neither India nor Pakistan were ready to concede, the United Nations back in the heydays stopped the war between creating a Line Of Control (LoC). Since then things have more or less settled between the nations as the region is slowly seeing some stability.
Ishant Will Play County Cricket
On a cricketing front, Ishant Sharma had decided to play county cricket this summer in England. The veteran pace bowler had failed to draw any interest from IPL franchises during the auction.
He went unsold in the auction. But had signed a deal with Sussex to play in first class games as well as List A matches. This experience is going to be handy for Ishant, as India are set to tour England later this year. He still remains a vital cog in Indian test team and would be a huge player cometh the England tour.