Twitterati reminds Shahid Afridi of Balochistan, trolls him over Kashmir

Shahid Afridi retired from international cricket in 2017 and played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 98 T20Is for Pakistan.

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New Delhi: Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi was trolled massively by Indians for raking up the 'Kashmir issue' on Monday. The player took to Twitter and posted, "Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self -determination and independence. Wonder where are the UN and other international bodies and why aren't they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?"

Slamming him, while some Twitterati reminded Afridi that Kashmir was an integral part of India, others reminded him of the situation in Balochistan.

Just a Correction : it's a "Pakistan Occupying Kashmir" .. KASHMIR WAS, IS AND WILL BE A INTEGRAL PART OF INDIA. — Virat Kohli (@imVkohi) April 3, 2018

Even Pakistani's wanted to be in India, feel lucky to be Indian — विकास देवासी (@VikasDewasi1) April 3, 2018

Being a respected man and cricketer you should not be too much indulged in political situation of other countries and focus on wellbeing of Pakistan!!!

— sunit shrivastava (@sunit_utd) April 3, 2018

Do you see Virat Kohli commenting on Forceful conversion of Hindus in Pakistan.. Abduction of Hindu Girls in Pakistan or Balochistan issue???? — sunit shrivastava (@sunit_utd) April 3, 2018

Man do you know in other countries like UK ,China, US, Russia if you pelt stone against their army they will kill you, contrary to this we use pellet first then if the situation goes berserk we use bullets — Rahul Jamwal (@realjamwal) April 3, 2018

Afridi i respect you as a cricketer and you have a right to express your views. The situation you are talking about is due to terrorists trained, funded and infiltrated by your very own country. I hope u give a msg to your Army as Govt ur mere puppet. Also talk of Baloch massacre — Sachin Pawar (@xyberocky3) April 3, 2018

Afridis comment is based on fake local newspapers?
Its for world to see who is epicenter of terrorism. Forgot Osama, Kasab? Pakistan must stop instigating, brain washing and training Kashmiri and Paki youths for terrorism. If you r serious you must ask ur rulers to stop it. — Sachin Pawar (@xyberocky3) April 3, 2018

Hahaha You must be kidding man. You need to change the tv news channel that you follow. If not you need to rather study again from a diff. school coz all the info that ur shooting r baseless.They feed you all fake stuff. — Sachin Pawar (@xyberocky3) April 3, 2018

Lala bhai Indian army is prepared to occupy POK, inshallah will do that very soon, till then pakistan may keep sending jihaadis , will keep sending them to 72 vergins .. — Sumit kadel (@SumitkadeI) April 3, 2018

Stop terrorism.. — Sumit kadel (@SumitkadeI) April 3, 2018

Earlier also, Afridi had raised the 'issue of Kashmir' during the World Twenty20 match against Australia in Mohali in March 2016. He had thanked 'fans from Kashmir' for supporting Pakistan.

“I want to thank people who came and supported us from Pakistan and Kashmir," he had said in the post-match presentation in Kolkata after losing to Australia that had knocked his team out from the tournament.

The then BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur had called the Pakistani cricketer's remark “not politically correct”. "A player should stay away from all this," he had said.

Afridi retired from international cricket in 2017 and played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 98 T20Is for Pakistan. He led his country in the ICC World Cup 2011.