Shahid Afridi for cricket diplomacy between Pakistan and India
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ISLAMABAD - Former Skipper Shahid Aridi while speaking about the Pak-India bilateral ties said sports can be used as a tool to improve relations between India and Pakistan. Afridi drew on his recent experience of playing alongside Indians in an exhibition Ice Cricket tournament in Switzerland, suggesting that cricket could play a role in melting the ice.
“Due to lack of international cricket between the two countries, we now play either in the ICC tournaments or the events such as Ice Cricket,” he said.
He said politics should be kept away from sports. “It should rather be used as a tool to improve relations between the countries. Sports is something which can play a big role in bringing peace,” he said.
Afridi captained the Royals in a series of two 20-over matches played at 1800 metres above sea level and in below zero degrees Celsius temperatures in St Mortiz, Switzerland.
The Indian players who featured in the event were Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar.
“It was nice to meet and play with players from India after a long time,” he said.
