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Rashid Khan speaking ahead of Afghanistan's match against Pakistan:

When the two teams played in the 2019 World Cup, it was a match of high intensity, and fans had clashed. Do you think this will be the same match of high intensity? And what will be your message to the fans of the two countries?
RASHID KHAN: Definitely it's always a good game against Pakistan, even when we played in 2018 Asia Cup. And also in terms of 2019 World Cup. But this game should remain as a game. I think it's a request to all the fans to stay cool and calm and just enjoy the game.

This game is all about enjoyment. The more we just focus on the enjoyment, and as we have seen, this game, things happen, accidents happen. After the 2019 World Cup this shouldn't have happened. But this is the kind of request to all the fans, whatever there is that comes at the end, at the end of the day this game gives lots of unity to the nations and brings nations together, not to have those kind of accidents.

So I hope they remain cool and calm and just focus on enjoying the game and who plays better on the day, that team wins. But even all the fans, we know how tough it is. But you still need to accept that. And as fans, they need to support a good side.

And I think this game is all about enjoyment and bringing nations together, bringing people together.

Could you speak a little bit in general terms about the team's batting approach, please? Seems sort of similar to the one we've seen West Indies use and be successful with, not worrying too much about dots because your focus is on 6s; is that right?
RASHID KHAN: To be honest, like, we don't have that kind of mindset, like, you have to focus on hitting so many 6s. But you have to adjust yourself with the wicket as well, what is the reaction of the wicket, and as you go there and spend a bit of time there, especially on these tracks, then it becomes easier for you. And that's the kind of mindset all the batsmen have as well. Initially it's really hard to go and just start hitting sixes. That's what happened in the last couple of warm-up games against West Indies and also the main game against Scotland, that the openers took a bit of time in the middle and they read the conditions and read the situation, and they start going high.

And it's all about targeting your own ball, you have to target that. It's not about just going across for every ball and hitting it harder.

I think we need to play good cricket as we have done in the last two games. And whenever we get the opportunity to score some runs and we get the balls in our own zone, we, as a team, we have that planning that we just need to go there and finish it with full confidence. And that's something we should do.

It's not about getting to many sixes. These grounds are very hard to hit sixes. The wickets are not as good to hit the sixes, but still taking 1s and 2s and boundaries, that would be something which is very key.

Could you speak a little bit about the situation back home in Afghanistan and sort of the emotions of this World Cup for you and the sport more generally?
RASHID KHAN: Things are getting better. Getting normal back home and hopefully that's something which we only hope to see much better in the future as well.

We as a team, we're here to play good cricket and give them the kind of performances and the kind of wins that they could celebrate there. And that is something as players we have in our hands. And that is something we'll try to do in the whole competition to do better.

And give the kind of performances where they could have joy, cheer for and celebrate. And that's as a team we have the planning and I hope, I hope things get better with time.

You said it's important to play well so that it brings smiles on the faces of the fans back home. But at the same time there's uncertainty about Afghanistan's future in cricket. ICC will be discussing this next month. Does it put pressure on the team; are you guys affected by this situation?
RASHID KHAN: To be honest, at the moment we don't have anything in our minds. We have only this thing that we're here for the World Cup and we're playing five games and we need to win three games.

And that is the theme we have in the mind as a whole team. And that's a theme that we have the quality and the skills in the team that we can qualify to the semifinals, and that's the only thing at the moment in the mind of each and every player.

We don't think about what's happening in the future. We don't think about what happened in the past.

And that is something which is not in our hands, it is not in our control, and we shouldn't think about it as well, that not even putting any extra pressure on us.

So as a team we know what our job is and what we can do. You can only do what is in your hands, and that is in our hand to play the five games of this group stage and try to qualify to the semifinals and make the country proud and proud. That is what we have at the moment.

We don't think about what's going to happen in the future. That will come with the time. And we as a player, we only focus on all the games. And that's the only thing we can do.

If we have so many things in the mind that might affect our performance, that might affect the team performance. And even the fans will be upset with that when you don't perform well.

As a team, we're just focusing on this World Cup to get better and better and qualify to the next round.
 
Rashid Khan has pleaded with Afghanistan and Pakistan fans to behave when the two neighbours meet in the T20 World Cup on Friday after a match in England two years ago was scarred by fighting and a pitch invasion.

Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid played in that 50-over World Cup game at a packed Headingley in Leeds in 2019.

His side suffered an agonising defeat but the result was overshadowed by violence and scuffles inside and outside the stadium.

Players needed security escorts off the pitch as fans poured out of the terraces.

Friday's game in Dubai could be tense as both teams are undefeated and chasing semi-final places.

A weekend capacity crowd is expected from amongst the huge expatriate population of both nations who live and work in the Gulf.

"Definitely it's always a good game against Pakistan, but this should remain as a game," Rashid said Thursday.

"I request all the fans to stay cool and calm and just enjoy the game. What happened in the 2019 match should not have happened."

Rashid claimed four wickets and fellow spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman took five as Afghanistan started their T20 World Cup in style, bowling out Scotland for just 60 in reply to their mammoth 190-4.

However, the Afghanistan team came into the tournament under the threat of a ban due to the ruling Taliban government's hardline stance on women's sport.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) -- which makes it mandatory for all member countries to have men's and women's teams -- said it has been monitoring the situation and will discuss the matter in its meeting in Dubai next month.

Afghanistan cricket chief Azizullah Fazli told AFP at the start of the tournament: "Our government is streamlining things and women's cricket will also be streamlined."

Rashid said that the squad is trying just to focus on the tournament.

"We have only the World Cup in mind, we're playing five games and we need to win three games," said the 23-year-old.

"We don't think about what's happening. We don't think about what happened in the past. That is something which is not in our hands, it is not in our control.

"We shouldn't think about it, we don't want extra pressure on us. As a team, we're just focusing on this World Cup to get better and better."

Afghanistan smashed 11 sixes and 13 boundaries in their rout of Scotland in Sharjah.

But Rashid said hitting aggressive shots is not the team's only objective.

"To be honest, we don't have that kind of mindset, like, you have to focus on hitting so many sixes," he said.

"But you have to adjust yourself with the wicket.

"I think we need to play good cricket. It's not about getting too many sixes. These grounds are very hard to hit sixes. The wickets are not as good to hit the sixes."

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...-vs-pakistan-clash-after-2019-violence/827465
 
Afghan fans are new to cricket.They don’t understand the game.They are hot headed people and you can’t rule out trouble.The security staff should throw out miscreants from whichever side they are from.
 
Afghanistan fans were an absolute disgrace the last time the two sides met.

Jumping and attacking everyone from children with their parents, men and women and young and old.

Awful way to support your country. They really should learn how to behave in public.
 
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I can’t imagine Pakistani fans egging Afghan fans for a fight after a win. After all, it’s still a much weaker team and with no competitive history between the two.
 
classy from Rashid. I think the crowd will behave they know they are not in UK and authorities in UAE are a lot different than uk.
 
I think Pakistani fans play a huge role in the bad relationships and bad pictures we have seen in the past. We constantly ridicule Afghanistani Crickets and fans as someone inferior to us and as if they have no right to compete and win games against us. If they do perform, we like to take credit for their achievements because these guys played cricket in Pakistan while growing up. Just because they played cricket in Pakistan doesn't mean we own them or they do not have the write to represent their own country and play well against us.

Also, saying that their fans are hot headed is showing the lack of self awareness because our players and fans are known to be as emotional and hot headed themselves.

I too hope that there are no fights or sorry scenes in the game tomorrow but that will only be possible if players and fans on BOTH sides give each other the respect that they deserve rather than pointing fingers.
 
Why do Afghans can try to make it seem that there is genuine rivalry between Pakistan and Afghanistan lol
 
I think Pakistani fans play a huge role in the bad relationships and bad pictures we have seen in the past. We constantly ridicule Afghanistani Crickets and fans as someone inferior to us and as if they have no right to compete and win games against us. If they do perform, we like to take credit for their achievements because these guys played cricket in Pakistan while growing up. Just because they played cricket in Pakistan doesn't mean we own them or they do not have the write to represent their own country and play well against us.

Also, saying that their fans are hot headed is showing the lack of self awareness because our players and fans are known to be as emotional and hot headed themselves.

I too hope that there are no fights or sorry scenes in the game tomorrow but that will only be possible if players and fans on BOTH sides give each other the respect that they deserve rather than pointing fingers.



Could you kindly point out to instances and some examples where Pakistani fans demeaned them?

What you are saying there sounds more like madeup stuff rather the reality, I await to be proven wrong once you provide some proof!
 
Could you kindly point out to instances and some examples where Pakistani fans demeaned them?

What you are saying there sounds more like madeup stuff rather the reality, I await to be proven wrong once you provide some proof!

Lol all you have to do is scroll through the few comments before me to know exactly what I am referring to. Calling all Afghanistan cricket fans hot heads and saying that they need to learn how to behave in public are not nice things guys. I do not know about you guys but if an fans from other countries said similar things about Pakistani fans aka you, how would you feel? If you dont like hearing things like that, than you shouldn't be saying things like that either.

And just to make your and my life easier, I just said to scroll up and find the evidence. If you have more time, feel free to scroll through other threads as well where games between Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussed. You will realize how much hatred we Pakistanis have towards poof Afghans.
 
How many games Pakistan and Afghanistan have played against each other? It couldn't be more than a handful of games.
 
Lol all you have to do is scroll through the few comments before me to know exactly what I am referring to. Calling all Afghanistan cricket fans hot heads and saying that they need to learn how to behave in public are not nice things guys. I do not know about you guys but if an fans from other countries said similar things about Pakistani fans aka you, how would you feel? If you dont like hearing things like that, than you shouldn't be saying things like that either.

And just to make your and my life easier, I just said to scroll up and find the evidence. If you have more time, feel free to scroll through other threads as well where games between Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussed. You will realize how much hatred we Pakistanis have towards poof Afghans.



You came boasting here as if Pak fans have been putting Afghan fans down every where, ridiculing them, calling them this and that...when I asked to show some proof, your evidence ended with some comments in this thread because fans had seen/experienced that behavior on display live (in some cases in a match in front of them?) How is that putting them down when it actually reflected the reality?

Most of us have seen how Afghan fans have behaved on TV (during last WC and even before that) and read reports about how they were taunting Pak fans to start fights...even beat up some of them after the game and did not even care if kids/women/families were present or not.

How is that calling them names or putting them down if that is how they behaved? I remember seeing the WC match live and during and after it, there were scuffles in the stands, and reports/videos etc. where Afghan fans were reported to have instigated others into starting fights and behaved in a very bad manner (in general.)

If calling a spade a spade is bad, then tell me how will you describe it?
 
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A one-sided rivalry if there ever was one, ie. only one side (Afg) thinks of this as a rivalry. The other could hardly care
 
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Lol all you have to do is scroll through the few comments before me to know exactly what I am referring to. Calling all Afghanistan cricket fans hot heads and saying that they need to learn how to behave in public are not nice things guys. I do not know about you guys but if an fans from other countries said similar things about Pakistani fans aka you, how would you feel? If you dont like hearing things like that, than you shouldn't be saying things like that either.

And just to make your and my life easier, I just said to scroll up and find the evidence. If you have more time, feel free to scroll through other threads as well where games between Pakistan and Afghanistan are discussed. You will realize how much hatred we Pakistanis have towards poof Afghans.

I think you got a pretty good idea of what was said but wanted to act like a snow flake anyway.

Yes, it’s very obvious and we all know that NOT ALL Afghan fans were smeared with one brush stroke.

The fact that Rashid had to issue such a statement speaks volumes about the potential vengeance and violence in, not all, but in MANY Afghan cricket fans.

Pak had many, many games played against India, at neutral venues and also at each other’s home grounds but both groups displayed a great civilized manner of conduct.

But we had seen how it turned out in the last game against Afghanistan.

I say, we should have an extremely strict security where culprits should be kicked out and fined at the spot regardless of which camp they belong to.

And we will how it goes?
 
UAE is not UK. Anyone being violent would be kicked out of the country so no one is going to take the risk
 
one things for certain we wont see a repeat of the scenes at Headingly, try causing the same issues in UAE and see how far you go, i was at Headingly the lax security, afghan fans behaving like animals jumping barriers and sitting in other peoples seats , they will throw you in prison for a lot less in UAE.
 
Some Afghan fans in the UK have been absolute atrocious at the matches I have watched .I hope they do not start problems in the UAE too.
 
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Classy from Rashid: the one true pan-Asian cricketer in the world.

He’s a class act but I would be surprised if we see a clash in this game. British Pathans tend to fall under the radar massively and especially how they behave, most the sub-con folk who are in the UAE tend to be hard working men, not the benefit scrounging British Pathan dossers in the UK who rarely recover from their tribal mentality.
 
Many Afghan fans are immature ( and I know this is saying a lot coming from a Pakistani fan). They have really had no sporting culture in their country as it has been decimated by war and don't understand the dynamics of spectating or analysing the game just yet.

I have noticed ( esp from UK afghans) that they seem convinced their team will win the world cup or are better than other sides in the region. Also, because they have had regrettably not much to cheer about over the past few years in general, they are fiercely patriotic and see sports as war.

I know these problems can be found among India and Pakistani fans too ( and a lesser extent BD) but the game has existed for many years in these countries, teams have been through massive ups and downs, and there is more a sporting culture. So the moronic fans are thankfully drowned out by more sensible ones.

It will happen to Afghan cricket too in time as they get used to playing in bigger occasions.
 
Why do Afghans can try to make it seem that there is genuine rivalry between Pakistan and Afghanistan lol

political tension.

Afghani's hate for Pakistan is understandable as we have destroyed their country by meddling in their affairs and have bought back the Taliban for them.
 
political tension.

Afghani's hate for Pakistan is understandable as we have destroyed their country by meddling in their affairs and have bought back the Taliban for them.

Taliban waa always gonna comeback, their own army was sold out. And incompetent.

Pakistan isnt excused for being power hungry back in the 70s
 
Many Afghan fans are immature ( and I know this is saying a lot coming from a Pakistani fan). They have really had no sporting culture in their country as it has been decimated by war and don't understand the dynamics of spectating or analysing the game just yet.

I have noticed ( esp from UK afghans) that they seem convinced their team will win the world cup or are better than other sides in the region. Also, because they have had regrettably not much to cheer about over the past few years in general, they are fiercely patriotic and see sports as war.

I know these problems can be found among India and Pakistani fans too ( and a lesser extent BD) but the game has existed for many years in these countries, teams have been through massive ups and downs, and there is more a sporting culture. So the moronic fans are thankfully drowned out by more sensible ones.

It will happen to Afghan cricket too in time as they get used to playing in bigger occasions.

its not that.

Its more related to the political tensions.

Watch the Afg vs India game, Afghanistan lost a game they could had won. The tensions were never high there

Pakistan and Afghanistan have had terrible relations at political level, and how the Afg fans confronted Pak fans showed that hate they have.
 
He’s a class act but I would be surprised if we see a clash in this game. British Pathans tend to fall under the radar massively and especially how they behave, most the sub-con folk who are in the UAE tend to be hard working men, not the benefit scrounging British Pathan dossers in the UK who rarely recover from their tribal mentality.

so you are claiming that out of all the Afghani's, it is one particular ethinic group which are the Pashtuns that are causing fights?
 
Afghan fans are new to cricket.They don’t understand the game.They are hot headed people and you can’t rule out trouble.The security staff should throw out miscreants from whichever side they are from.

cmon yaar. They are playing in a place which has tight security. they wont allow any thing bad. match will be good - i expect pak to win comfy. barring the two spinners - afg dont hav much ammo.their batting aint that hot.
having defeated two top sides, pak's confidence would be high.
 
Many Afghan fans are immature ( and I know this is saying a lot coming from a Pakistani fan). They have really had no sporting culture in their country as it has been decimated by war and don't understand the dynamics of spectating or analysing the game just yet.

I have noticed ( esp from UK afghans) that they seem convinced their team will win the world cup or are better than other sides in the region. Also, because they have had regrettably not much to cheer about over the past few years in general, they are fiercely patriotic and see sports as war.

I know these problems can be found among India and Pakistani fans too ( and a lesser extent BD) but the game has existed for many years in these countries, teams have been through massive ups and downs, and there is more a sporting culture. So the moronic fans are thankfully drowned out by more sensible ones.

It will happen to Afghan cricket too in time as they get used to playing in bigger occasions.

I think it's okay to say they are very rough around the edges. There is no, as they say, je ne sais quoi
 
so you are claiming that out of all the Afghani's, it is one particular ethinic group which are the Pashtuns that are causing fights?

100% as far as England is concerned, very problematic group which falls under the radar
 
Very loud support but seems to be well behaved so great for the game this.
 
Saw some posts and stories on Instagram that Afghanistani fans stormed the stadium and just sat on the seats, meaning that a lot of people with tickets were not allowed inside.


Anyone has more information about this?
 
Afghan crowds enjoying themselves for sure

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Saw some posts and stories on Instagram that Afghanistani fans stormed the stadium and just sat on the seats, meaning that a lot of people with tickets were not allowed inside.


Anyone has more information about this?
Sounds ... Legit (!)
 
He’s a class act but I would be surprised if we see a clash in this game. British Pathans tend to fall under the radar massively and especially how they behave, most the sub-con folk who are in the UAE tend to be hard working men, not the benefit scrounging British Pathan dossers in the UK who rarely recover from their tribal mentality.

Interesting observation. Makes sense when you think about it.
 
He’s a class act but I would be surprised if we see a clash in this game. British Pathans tend to fall under the radar massively and especially how they behave, most the sub-con folk who are in the UAE tend to be hard working men, not the benefit scrounging British Pathan dossers in the UK who rarely recover from their tribal mentality.

What a racist and ill informed post. There are more pakistani pathans than afghan ones. And they're as patriotic as other pakistanis. In fact, a huge swathe of british afghans are not even pathan, they're from hazara or uzbek ethnic backgrounds.
 
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"I request all the fans to stay cool and calm and just enjoy the game and jump the fence"
 
What a racist and ill informed post. There are more pakistani pathans than afghan ones. And they're as patriotic as other pakistanis. In fact, a huge swathe of british afghans are not even pathan, they're from hazara or uzbek ethnic backgrounds.

Majority of Pathans in the UK are of afghan origin and travel in packs to games around the country, the problems they cause in the second city are well known but not documented enough, often other communities are demonised and the afghan pathans fall under the radar, but they’ve surprised me today, I felt the filth could not travel beyond the second city but never under estimate their tribal mentality
 
Saw some posts and stories on Instagram that Afghanistani fans stormed the stadium and just sat on the seats, meaning that a lot of people with tickets were not allowed inside.


Anyone has more information about this?


[MENTION=378]zafarsyed[/MENTION] - here you go as well, now you knbow what everyone was talking about and no one was being rude or marginalizing them fans for no reason

“I have spent 400 pounds to come from London with my family and watch the match. But we have been told by the security that we can’t enter the stadium as the stands are packed. Scores of Afghanistan fans broke the gates and are now inside the stadium, and we with tickets are left stranded. Even if we get to enter, we will get to watch a 10-over match. Is it how the authorities deal with fans? Look at the faces of my disappointed kids. How would I make them understand this lapse of security?” a furious fan with his family said outside the stadium.

https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-n...pakistan-vs-afghanistan-2021-world-cup-match/
 
[MENTION=378]zafarsyed[/MENTION] - here you go as well, now you knbow what everyone was talking about and no one was being rude or marginalizing them fans for no reason



https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-n...pakistan-vs-afghanistan-2021-world-cup-match/

I still do not think you are understanding the point I am trying to make here. I agree with you on how the way these fans behaved was not appropriate and I hope there are better preparations done in the future to avoid such a situation. But coming out and saying really mean and harsh things about a country or a fan base is not the way to treat anyone.

I don't know if this concept will make sense to you or some of the other people posting here, but I do know that all you guys will turn into snow flakes and ultra sensitive when other countries label all of Pakistan as "unsafe" because of isolated actions of few. I am expecting people to show same level of empathy and ability to look at the nuances but I am realizing that might be a bit too much to ask.
 
Majority of Pathans in the UK are of afghan origin and travel in packs to games around the country, the problems they cause in the second city are well known but not documented enough, often other communities are demonised and the afghan pathans fall under the radar, but they’ve surprised me today, I felt the filth could not travel beyond the second city but never under estimate their tribal mentality

Genuinely don't think you know what you're talking about. BY FAR, the majority of pathans in the UK are from the attock region of Pakistan. After that there's a large amount of pakistani khattak pathans too.
 
Genuinely don't think you know what you're talking about. BY FAR, the majority of pathans in the UK are from the attock region of Pakistan. After that there's a large amount of pakistani khattak pathans too.
Pakistani Pathans don’t make any trouble in UK.It is the Afghans who do it.Thousands of Afghans have come to UK over the last 40 years due to the war in Afghanistan.Many came as refugees.You can see them all over England.I know many Pathans from Pakistan.They behave normally.
 
I still do not think you are understanding the point I am trying to make here. I agree with you on how the way these fans behaved was not appropriate and I hope there are better preparations done in the future to avoid such a situation. But coming out and saying really mean and harsh things about a country or a fan base is not the way to treat anyone.

I don't know if this concept will make sense to you or some of the other people posting here, but I do know that all you guys will turn into snow flakes and ultra sensitive when other countries label all of Pakistan as "unsafe" because of isolated actions of few. I am expecting people to show same level of empathy and ability to look at the nuances but I am realizing that might be a bit too much to ask.



I never said a single thing bad against Afghanistan here, so not sure why the lecturing still continues...as for other people calling them as they see the behavior, tough for Afghans. If they don't want to be labelled as such, then stop doing the things that make you look so bad.

You might have a point there burried deep in all the accusations you made (in your first few posts) which were solely based on this thread (although I am still yet to see anything that was completely mean/out of line with Afghan fan behavior)...you do understand Pakistanis constantly get labelled worse things all the time.

This despite the fact that we all are not bad, yet we have learned to live with the tags and lies (in case of most things Indians blame on us and some by Afghans too). But we don't go out and taunt and pick fights, abuse others infront of their kids/families or break stadium doors!
 
I was at the game today. Arrived nice and early their was a section where police on Horses were stopping entry past a certain point, until the crowd that had gone through prior had actually gone past ticket checks and entered safely. At this point there was thousands of Afghan fans just pushing like crazy from the back to push the horses back, their was women and children in this crowd and people begged and pleaded, police used batons to stop them but there was nothing they can do myself even was pushed into forced entry passed the police on horses, several people fell to the ground got stamped and trampled on, some got hurt really badly, so many fans like myself tried to implore the vast Afghan fans to stop but they wouldn’t listen, they simply was outnumbering security and police and felt untouchable, I even unfortunately fell over myself as the person in front of me had fallen and I had no footing available in front of me. In the end myself and thousands got pushed into the stadium past ticket checking and nobody checked our tickets as security had given up. I got away with a few grazes and lost my cap in the process but some were not so lucky I seen one man desperately trying to save his wife and child in the mad stampede while these so called fans just stormed through. I been coming to Uae stadiums since the Lahore attack had happened and Pakistan cricket relocated their matches here, also traveled worldwide watched countless games never seen this kind of behaviour From any cricket fans. If this football FIFA would ban the team whose fans they were but this don’t happen in cricket. Truly awful experience outside and sad to say the trouble was caused by Afghan Fans only.
 
I was at the game today. Arrived nice and early their was a section where police on Horses were stopping entry past a certain point, until the crowd that had gone through prior had actually gone past ticket checks and entered safely. At this point there was thousands of Afghan fans just pushing like crazy from the back to push the horses back, their was women and children in this crowd and people begged and pleaded, police used batons to stop them but there was nothing they can do myself even was pushed into forced entry passed the police on horses, several people fell to the ground got stamped and trampled on, some got hurt really badly, so many fans like myself tried to implore the vast Afghan fans to stop but they wouldn’t listen, they simply was outnumbering security and police and felt untouchable, I even unfortunately fell over myself as the person in front of me had fallen and I had no footing available in front of me. In the end myself and thousands got pushed into the stadium past ticket checking and nobody checked our tickets as security had given up. I got away with a few grazes and lost my cap in the process but some were not so lucky I seen one man desperately trying to save his wife and child in the mad stampede while these so called fans just stormed through. I been coming to Uae stadiums since the Lahore attack had happened and Pakistan cricket relocated their matches here, also traveled worldwide watched countless games never seen this kind of behaviour From any cricket fans. If this football FIFA would ban the team whose fans they were but this don’t happen in cricket. Truly awful experience outside and sad to say the trouble was caused by Afghan Fans only.

I'm surprised they can do this. dubai is not like india or pakistan where this behavior can go unpunished. surely Dubai authorities will do something about this
 
Usually They would problem is these lot in big numbers were not afraid. It was 1 policeman to like 30 fans and they were just pushing with full velocity and as happens in Stampedes once you fall over it’s very hard to get up. It was really out of order
 
Pakistani Pathans don’t make any trouble in UK.It is the Afghans who do it.Thousands of Afghans have come to UK over the last 40 years due to the war in Afghanistan.Many came as refugees.You can see them all over England.I know many Pathans from Pakistan.They behave normally.

I'm not disputing what you're saying but what the other poster said about British pathans as if they're all afghans and as if they're all backward benefit scroungers.
 
This is how Pakistan and Afghan students watched the game at NUML in Islamabad:

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Good relationship between players it seems Rashid-Khans-Bromance-With-Pak-Players.jpg
 
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