Yash Malik: Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has once again come into the limelight due to his statements. He has tweeted about Yasin Malik of Jammu and Kashmir convicted in the case of terrorist funding. Afridi came out in support of Malik and declared him innocent before the sentencing of Malik in a special NIA court in Delhi.
After which Indian cricketer Amit Mishra gave a befitting reply and stopped speaking of Shahid Afridi. Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik is to be sentenced in the terror funding case. Yasin Malik confessed all the crimes in the Patiala House Court on 9 May.
Amit Mishra gave a strong reply to Afridi spewing venom and wrote that the way India is trying to silence those who raise their voice against human rights violations in Kashmir, is meaningless. He further said that the concocted allegations against Malik will not stop the freedom struggle of Kashmir.
Responding to this tweet of Afridi, the Indian cricketer said that dear Shahid Afridi, he considered himself guilty in the courtroom. Not everything is concocted like your date of birth. Afridi has given provocative statements many times in the past on the Kashmir issue.
At the same time, Afridi also remains in controversies regarding his age. According to the ICC, Afridi was born on March 1, 1980, while in 2019 the Pakistani cricketer himself revealed that he was not 16 when he scored a 37-ball century against Sri Lanka in 1996.