In a recently gone viral video, the ugly scenes from the Pakistan VS Afghanistan match came to surface where unruly Afghan fans were seen hitting each other with chair after loss. On September 7, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 1 wicket with 4 balls to spare. While the encounter was thrilling, the conduct of Afghanistan fans remained objectionable, to say the least.

In a video gone viral, a group of Afghanistan fans can be seen pulling out the stadium chairs meant for spectators and throwing them on Pakistani fans. The Afghan fans were enraged to a point that they were throwing the chairs aimlessly. Meanwhile, some fans were seen crawling and ducking for cover as chairs were being hurled from multiple sides of the stadium.

Further, if purported videos are to be believed, fans from both the sides engaged in a vicious brawl outside the stadium. One of the videos of the altercation between fans was shared by former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Twitter.

“This is what Afghan fans are doing. This is what they’ve done in the past multiple times. This is a game and it’s supposed to be played and taken in the right spirit.@ShafiqStanikzai your crowd & your players both need to learn a few things if you guys want to grow in the sport,” he tweeted.

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1. The Facts of the Matter
2. Ruckus At Sharjah Stadium
3. Shoaib Akhtar Lashes Out on Afghanistan Fans
4. Watch Video of Afghani Fans Creating Ruckus
5. “Nation pe mat lana”: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Reacts

The Facts of the Matter

It was a topsy-turvy game of cricket that went till the last over. The Pakistan VS Afghanistan game from Asia Cup 2022 was one of the most thrilling T20I encounters to have come in the recent past. For a relatively weaker side, Afghanistan cricket team fought tooth and nail against their Pakistani counterparts, only to have victory taken away from them in the last over.

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Ruckus At Sharjah Stadium

While the match was a popcorn muncher all the way, what followed was surely a disgrace to the sport and its spirit. Enraged over their loss against Pakistan, various Afghanistan fans vandalise the Sharjah stadium, and also indulged in a physical brawl outside the stadium.

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Shoaib Akhtar Lashes Out on Afghanistan Fans

The video of a riot-like situation unfolding in the Sharjah stadium was shared by former Pakistani ace fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. The Rawalpindi Express lashed out on the ruckus creating fans and said that both Afghanistan players & their fans “need to learn a few things”.

“This is what Afghan fans are doing. This is what they’ve done in the past multiple times. This is a game and it’s supposed to be played and taken in the right spirit.@ShafiqStanikzai your crowd & your players both need to learn a few things if you guys want to grow in the sport,” he tweeted.

In the video, a few spectators were seen uprooting the seats from the Sharjah stadium and hurling them at other fans. Meanwhile, fans who were on the receiving end of the ruckus were seen crawling and ducking for cover. Some fans were so enraged that they were simply throwing the seats aimlessly.

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Watch Video of Afghani Fans Creating Ruckus

“Nation pe mat lana”: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Reacts

After Shoaib Akhtar hurled accusations against Afghanistan fans, Shafiq Stanikzai, the CEO of Afghanistan Cricket Board retorted with as much hostility as the fans shown in the video.

“You can’t control the emotions of the crowd and such incidents happened in the world of cricket multiple, you should go ask Kabir Khan, Inzimam Bhai and @iRashidLatif68 how we treated them. Am giving you an advice next time baat ko nation pe Mat lena,” he tweeted.

 

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