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Legends League Cricket: 5 Reasons Why Shahid Afridi Is Called 'Controversy's Favourite Child'

Shahid Afridi will be back on the cricket pitch. In Legends League Cricket (LLC 2023), Afridi will be captaining Asia Lions. He will try and smash the ball out of the park again. The former Pakistan captain is famously called as 'Controversy's favourite child'. He has the tendency to get into controversies, some of them also affected his cricket career. Many feel Afridi had many things to achieve, but his behaviour and his poor anger management stopped him from finishing as the best cricketer Pakistan has ever produced. In this gallery, we look at five biggest Shahid Afridi controversies.

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Updated:Mar 10, 2023, 07:41 PM IST

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Shahid Afridi fight with Naveen-ul-Haq

Pakistani cricketers are allowed to play in other franchise-based leagues like BBL and LPL. In LPL 2021, Shahid Afridi, who is a senior cricketer, lost his cool and got into a fight with Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq. In the match between Kandy Tuskers and Galle Gladiators, Naveen had a go at Mohammad Amir. Senior players pulled him out of the heated exchange then but later Afridi, during the handshakes, got angry at Naveen. (Image source: Twitter)

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Shahid Afridi's irresponsible statements on Kashmir

Shahid Afridi is not a politican but he does not leave any opportunity to make a comment on Kashmir issue. He has even made comments on Indian PM Narendra Modi, which were all in poor taste. He once said, "The world is infected by a deadly disease, but what's more dangerous is in Modi's heart and mind."

In 2020, he also visited LoC to show 'solidarity with the Kashmiris'. This was after the Indian government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution. (Image source: Twitter)

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What is Shahid Afridi's real age?

The confusion regarding Shahid Afridi's actual age remains. In his biography, Afridi had revealed that he was born in 1975 and not in 1980 as per official records. That means Afridi was not 16 when he made his debut and smashed 37-ball 100. (Image source: Twitter)

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Pushing Gautam Gambhir into a fight

Shahid Afridi liked to play mind games with his opponents, especially the Indian cricketers. There were times when he crossed the limit. He did not imagine that one such mental battle will get an even wilder response from a cricketer. He was Gautam Gambhir. During an India and Pakistan clash, Afridi took potshots at Gambhir, trying to take his focus off batting. The Indian opener gave it back to him through choicest of words. Cricketers usually move on but since this incident, Afridi and GG have continued to take sly at each other. (Image source: Twitter)

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Shahid Afridi Ball Tampering

Shahid Afridi has been quite notorious on the cricket field. There were occasions when he intentionally broke the rules of the game. Take this moment, for example. He was banned for 2 T20Is after getting caught tampering the ball during a T20 game between Pakistan and Australia. (Image source: Twitter)