Shahid Afridi Gave Statement Regarding Son-In-Law Shaheen Afridi: Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi was going through poor form in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. He also suffered a lot against Team India. After losing to the Indian team, former Pakistan all-rounder and Shaheen’s father-in-law Shahid Afridi also criticized him fiercely. He had said in a Pakistani TV show that Shaheen should be dropped from the playing 11. It should be given and it happened also. Shaheen was not played in the last group stage match against Namibia. However, he got a chance to play in the Super-8 match against England. In this match, Shaheen showed his class and took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. After this performance, Shahid Afridi has now given another statement regarding Shaheen.
What did Shaheed Afridi say now about Shaheen Afridi?
Shaheed Afridi said on a Pakistani TV show, ‘I had to make him angry. They will ask me in the next match, I will include Shaheen in that too and will not keep him in my team. This is how to make him angry. Stroke some people’s ego. Make some people angry. I know very well the mind that Shaheen has. I had told my daughter also.
Shahid Afridi said, “I wanted Shaheen to be angry with me, If you ask me again, I would still drop him in the next match. Sometimes, to unlock a player’s full potential, you have to criticize them and break their ego. And it worked brilliantly.”pic.twitter.com/JhdrQ8Vt6L
-Salman. (@TsMeSalman) February 25, 2026
Actually, Shaheen Afridi is married to Shahid Afridi’s daughter Ansha Afridi. After Shahid’s dropping statement, his daughter Ansha got angry with him. Shahid Afridi himself mentioned this. After this, Shahid Afridi told his daughter to watch his (Shaheen Afridi) performance in the next match. Shahid Afridi further said, ‘We have to play with the minds of some people, so I played.’ However, despite Shaheen Afridi’s brilliant performance against England, Pakistan had to face defeat by 2 wickets at the hands of England. After this defeat, Pakistan is almost out of T20 World Cup 2026.
