Afridi wants to 'forgive and forget' IPL auction
Tuesday - Jan 26, 2010, 10:13am (GMT+5.5)
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he
is willing to forgive and forget the happenings of the Indian Premier
League auction and if he is invited to play in India he would do so
happily.
In a statement carried Tuesday by cricket site pakpassion.net
from London, Afridi said he was deeply hurt and angry the way the Pakistani
players were treated at the auction, but he wants to treat the issue as
closed.
"Over the last few days there has been intense media attention on
the IPL auction in Pakistan and India. After my explanation, Insha Allah, the
matter will be closed.
"After the IPL auction I was deeply hurt and
angry. The way Pakistani players were treated was disrespectful and, in my
view, wrong. Whose fault it was.....I don't know. In times like these, as a
Muslim, the examples of our Prophet has guided me and I'm therefore willing
to forgive and forget
what has happened and look forward," said
Afridi.
Afridi said there is much in common between India and Pakistan as
they share much more than the differences and that they need to build their
relations rather than break them.
"When you look at the great work
that has been done by the 'Amaan Ki Asha' project of The Jang Group of
Pakistan and The Times of India, we realise that is how we need to move
forward. Sport should be used to build peace between our great nations, not
break them.
"If I was invited to play in India again I would do so
happily. They have great fans and great stadiums and I have many friends
there. Although Pakistan and India have borders, these borders cannot divide
humanity," said Afridi who now wants to work for Aman Ki Asha.
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