[VIDEOS] Poor behavior by Pakistan fan towards Sarfaraz Ahmed during WC19 in England [Apology #169]

[Grunge101]

A few fans will run their mouth in every sport, this is normal and expected, not sure why anyone is surprised and feels the need to point this out.

Such behaviour is quite clearly not the norm. Please remind us of the last time this happened to an Indian/BD/SL team players as in general the south asian fans are supposedly the most fanatical/emotional when it comes to cricket. Yes it was the norm in the 90s for Indian fans as well but they seem to have grown out of it. Yes, they have been performing much better but thats clearly not the only reason.

as to your opinion of UK pakistani fans being the best of the lot, well i couldnt disagree more. Ive had the chance to engage with fellow fans in stadiums both in Pak and and in the UK, and the later have always been as bad if not even worse than the ones back home.Two species of desi's particularly...The first ones think theyre doing the Pakistani cricket team a huge favor because theyve bought tickets to see them play in the UK and thus have this self entitlement delusion where they think their right to abuse the players in whatever way they deem appropriate if they dont play well.

The second group consists mostly of folks who typically have very little formal educations,with ancestory related to a specific part of Pakistan and to whom the whole verbal abuse/profanity culture comes very naturally. I will not expound further on this as it would take an ethnic/racial tinge.

 

[asadee]

I still can't believe there are people on this forum justifying this pathetic fans actions!! Feel like leaving this forum

 

[malikali]

This is is disgusting and cruel.

 

[zulfiqar]

I will be brutally honest here, and I know a lot of the mods/admins on here will not like it but this website has peddled such views for months and years on end. I have lost count on the number of threads about players bodies, weights, diets...many of them populated by opinions of those who run this site.

I am not saying you yourself are responsible for it but many on here are, I would not be surprised if this trolls views were permeated and morphed by social media and sites such as this. We can't be hypocritical about such things. Either stop such threads on here or applaud the man with the camera, you can't hold the higher ground otherwise.

What are you talking about? How has PakPassion condoned this behavior? If any player was called the same name that Sarfaraz was called in that video, a mod would have that message deleted in a heartbeat. Go on and try it! If he had only called him mota it would've been whatever, but the word he used is clearly derogatory and PP would never condone that on its forum ever.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Such behaviour is quite clearly not the norm. Please remind us of the last time this happened to an Indian/BD/SL team players as in general the south asian fans are supposedly the most fanatical/emotional when it comes to cricket. Yes it was the norm in the 90s for Indian fans as well but they seem to have grown out of it. Yes, they have been performing much better but thats clearly not the only reason.

as to your opinion of UK pakistani fans being the best of the lot, well i couldnt disagree more. Ive had the chance to engage with fellow fans in stadiums both in Pak and and in the UK, and the later have always been as bad if not even worse than the ones back home.Two species of desi's particularly...The first ones think theyre doing the Pakistani cricket team a huge favor because theyve bought tickets to see them play in the UK and thus have this self entitlement delusion where they think their right to abuse the players in whatever way they deem appropriate if they dont play well.

The second group consists mostly of folks who typically have very little formal educations,with ancestory related to a specific part of Pakistan and to whom the whole verbal abuse/profanity culture comes very naturally. I will not expound further on this as it would take an ethnic/racial tinge.

I wrote UK Pak fans are the best after fans from Pakistan. When you buy a ticket you have the right to expect a team which is physically fit and gives it 100% on the field of play. If fans see a player such as Malik being lazy and fielding very poorly, are they supposed to clap him? Of course not ,they have the right to ciriticise him within limits of course, usuing swear words is not classy.

No point me reminding you because you may not have been at the games where I witnessed fans from India and other Asians nations swearing at their players. Not everything is caught on camera.

Outside of the match, abusing anyone esp when he has a child with him is low, pathetic and cowardly but we are not even sure if he was a Pakistani fan, this is an assumption.

On the field of play criticism is fine, footballer are criticised every match if they make a mistake or are not playing well. You dont see them crying about it because they know it's part of their job.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Not right to abuse anyone like this when he has kid in his arms.

The amount of hate he is receiving is because of his fitness, yawning, his and teams performance against arch rivals.

He is the captain who needs to ensure there is some fight shown at least by him if his team mates desert him, which is what MISBAH did and he wasn’t abused.

 

[Syed1]

There are many Sarfraz haters on this forum even when his teams were doing relatively well such as winning ODI against Aus and being robbed of series against NZ. His batting form has been bad recently but so has for most others on the team. However it's always Sarfraz who gets the abuse by these haters.

He actually is the fourth best bat for Pak at this WC so far, behind Babar, Fakhar and Hafeez.

 

[topspin]

Find it rich for some of our fans jumping to Sarfraz's defence here and taking the moral high ground after the way they have gone below the waist on various match threads to bash Asif Ali, even though he very recently has lost his daughter.

I don't condone the words used here by this individual towards Sarfraz, however our captain has brought this upon himself. Building up to the tournament, one would think he would pay more attention to his fitness and diet regime, however of all times, he chooses to be in the worst shape for this WC! If it's any consolation (to soothe the hearts of his staunchest fans), then at least it was good to see him take it like a man, rather than lashing out, after all he had the nerve to make racist remarks towards Andile.

The fan should not have compared him to a pig, but rather tell Sarfraz, that he needs to retire at the end of this WC and he has no place in the team. This would have been more than suffice to convey the message he needs loud and clear!

 

[Abdullah719]

He has apologised.

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[rocker 88]

How can a 'deleted' video be magically uploaded?

 

[Markhor]

The abuse in front of Sarfraz's is unjustified and uncalled for.

We're all frustrated with the unprofessionalism and lack of commitment shown by the Pakistam team, but these guys are ultimately a product of their system.

It's people like Intikhab Alam, Haroon Rashid and Subhan Ahmed who deserve worse abuse for driving our whole cricket system into the ground.

 

[DeadBall]

We have called Sarfaraz and others much worse in the privacy of our living rooms or through the anonymity of the internet in the heat of the moment.

But such public behaviour, especially when he has his kid with him is simply unacceptable.

 

[shazia9000]

Massive respect to Sarfraz for not reacting, if anyone had done this to me while I am holding my kid I would rip his tongue out and make him eat it.

yeh okay keyboard warrior.

I dont agree with him being insulted infront of his family, or children. thats wrong. He should be insulted and criticised badly in general

 

[IAJ]

He has apologised.

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Strange kind of apology. He says he doesn’t know how video was uploaded and got viral, and he also says he didn’t know it will get so much attention and he says sorry IF someone was offended by that.

He should have just said a simple sorry.

Anyways I feel sorry for Sarfraz. No matter what you just can’t talk like this to anyone and more over Sarfraz has won is CT, apart from Imran and Younis who have won us anything?

 

[Theo_14]

Any form of abuse is low tier behaviour.

I will never understand why people feel the need to insult or abuse players - one must remember they are humans first and in the end it’s a game. Criticise their performances, but for God’s sake, don’t abuse them - that won’t make them perform any better.

The lad abusing Sarfraz - a visitor in the UK - spending stress free time with his child in a mall - and facing abuse? That is absolutely disgusting. I am truly upset by that video; ashamed to call myself a Pakistani fan.

 

[DeadBall]

He has apologised.

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Looks like a forced apology after getting danda from Abbu jaan.

Also what does him being a Hafiz ul Quran got anything to do with it.

 

[barah_admi]

Criticism and abuse are two different things.

Criticism is many things, I assume you mean it ntsructive criticism and I would agree, but this site does not boast constructive criticism and many times, does not even boast thoughtful nor factual threads and posts.

Most of Pakistan modern cricketers are supremely fit, with exceptionally high test scores in the infamous yo yo test. It's not a lack of fitness which is costing the team matches and anyone without a bias can see that.

Yet many, I'd dare say most in this site have an anti Pakistan bias 90% if the time. They fuel these kinds of people. So why complain about it now?

Like I said, either stop the thread sand posts of the type I've mentioned or stop being hypocritical.

 

[Saj]

How can a 'deleted' video be magically uploaded?

Exactly.

Nonsense.

Forced and fake apology it seems.

 

[barah_admi]

What are you talking about? How has PakPassion condoned this behavior? If any player was called the same name that Sarfaraz was called in that video, a mod would have that message deleted in a heartbeat. Go on and try it! If he had only called him mota it would've been whatever, but the word he used is clearly derogatory and PP would never condone that on its forum ever.

I want you to read my post again. I want you to see if I ever used the word condone. I want you to tt your best to understand what I wrote.

 

[Titan24]

Pathetic and poor stuff.

Though not a rare incident in sports at all, fans of many countries in cricket and other sports show pretty indecent attitude towards sportsmen if they dont perform upto the standards.

Though kudos to Sarfaraz who handled it pretty well.

 

[Syed1]

He has apologised.

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The kind of apology you give after abba jee has dished out a couple of tight chapairs behind the ear

 

[KingKhanWC]

The chap has apologised, it's enough.

Imran Tahir claimed Indian fans were racist towards him but no big issue was made of it. Indian players abusing their own fans with obsence language and threats but no big issue made of it.

 

[wasimjunior]

Captaining your national team at highest level and then you carry such poor fitness standards and then you lose key games and start yawning in the middle of game against your arch rivals, fans have every right to dish these players. Though language should have been better but this team especially our leader is really mediocre.

Also it's fault of PCB. How can they allow their captain to carry such big belly going into such a big tournament. His performances and on field show off have also been horrible. Sarfraz has not helped himself with the way he has carried himself ever since he became captain.

Absolutely this. They have a duty to fans that's not being upheld. Deserves the abuse.... Its part of the territory

 

[asma_cricfan]

[MENTION=57576]MRSN[/MENTION]
No wonder you are an akmal fan.

 

[sweep_shot]

Absolutely this. They have a duty to fans that's not being upheld. Deserves the abuse.... Its part of the territory

Sarfraz had a child with him. Do you think it is appropriate to insult someone when he is with his child?

 

[Hyperion66]

yeh okay keyboard warrior.

l

Shazia bahen, a man who can't fight for his dignity is no man in my book. You have no idea what a man is capable of to protect the honor of his family. .

I can guess by your mocking tone that you are probably offended by my post which may seem rather violent. I am sorry about that, it was never my intention.

 

[Hyperion66]

The kind of apology you give after abba jee has dished out a couple of tight chapairs behind the ear

Lmao exactly!!

He seems too young and not so bright, let's forgive him and be the better men.

 

[Josh]

The video was disgusting. Sarfaraz is human being first. If you don't like his performance appeal for dropping him out of team to PCB but talking to a player/person like that is a very very disgusting thing.

 

[wasimjunior]

The video was disgusting. Sarfaraz is human being first. If you don't like his performance appeal for dropping him out of team to PCB but talking to a player/person like that is a very very disgusting thing.

It's not about his performance. Never is.

It's about the lack of effort desire and commitment that the badge deserves.

Its about him taking yawns on the pitch and the size of his belly yet he is still photographed with a double cream milkshake in his hand.

When they win we make them heroes so this is deserved.

We haven't seen one Indian player doing what these clowns have been doing

 

[gazza619]

Glad he apologised. We live and learn.

 

[satheesh]

extremely disgraceful behaviour... Players don't deserve these type of treatments what ever be their level of performances.

 

[mesmerizer85]

Although his individual performance might not be that great lately, but people are forgetting under his captaincy we became the no 1 T20 team and won the CT17.

I guess since he is a Haaji and Hafiz ul Quran, and lacks a certain SWAG or command over English doesn't go down well with some people. They may praise an Imran Tahir or Amla but the respect he should get is not there.

Such a kind of abuse is unwarranted and his calmness in this situation reminds us of our Prophets sunnah to treat people with kindness and control ones anger.

 

[Technics 1210]

The kind of apology you give after abba jee has dished out a couple of tight chapairs behind the ear

Actually I am guessing he is going to get some proper beats tonight after his parents find out that their son is public enemy #1 in the Pakistan sphere.

 

[satheesh]

this apology is like that of Warner when he got caught pants down in his role in sandgate. He is saying sorry just because the video of him abusing Sarfaraz went viral badly.

 

[KingKhan12]

Really shameful behaviour. Wish I was their I would have put him in his place.

And some people here saying British Pakistanis are like this. No way. Some are bad in their behaviour but they don't go this far. If you watch the abuse Pakistani players getting abused so far this World Cup they not British born. And it's mentality of people born in Pakistan and Asia to abuse players like this on a personal level. We British ain't like this well majority are not.
People like these idiots giving us a bad name.

 

[*sallu*]

Worst apology I've seen. Hasn't apologised to Sarfaraz, hasn't apologised for acting like a jahil and using that kind of language. Unless he apologised for the video being uploaded. The point of the apology is surely to be using that kind of disrespectful language and be directed at the person it was spoken to.

 

[sshakir411]

Personal hate towards a sportsman is only driven by deep bias aka racism.

 

[dildilpak]

Btw I Am curious - does every Brit Pakistani talk like this guy? His voice wasn’t very accented.All American Muslim kids do have a strong accent while talking in Urdu

 

[PakHammer]

Btw I Am curious - does every Brit Pakistani talk like this guy? His voice wasn’t very accented.All American Muslim kids do have a strong accent while talking in Urdu

May be a Pakistan student as his Urdu is good? I hate these type of apology videos. He is not sorry for the incident, just sorry that the video got viral and he has got a backlash. Idiot.

 

[Mkumar825]

The chap has apologised, it's enough.

Imran Tahir claimed Indian fans were racist towards him but no big issue was made of it. Indian players abusing their own fans with obsence language and threats but no big issue made of it.

What's your problem with India ..sick off by your behaviour

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

He is saying that he didn't knew that Sarfraz's kid was there, what a liar, he needs to be caned.

 

[Abdul]

Looks like Sarfaraz fans have taken the holier than thou approach in this thread, conveniently forgetting the words they've used for other players in the past. The guy should've refrained since Sarfaraz was holding his kid, but he needed to hear these words anyways.

 

[Kriketer]

You can tell how pathetic are these frustrated fans. The ones making video and then the other pathetic lot who are defending it in some way that body shaming in public is justifiable. You probably got raised that way by your parents, don't try to spread the filth of disrespecting like animals and showing your true third class aukaat. Only jahil families ke loog would defend this.

It's a sport, don't lose your senses over it *******.

 

[OffDrive]

What a disgrace to abuse someone over a game, absolutely disgusting. The sad thing is he was carrying his child as well, pathetic.

 

[King-Misbah]

I would have been in favour of Sarfaraz setting his son down and showing this filth his auqaat... he probably took advantage of the fact that Sarf is with his kid and had his hands tied up and didn't need any nonsense. I hope someone find this pig's social media and puts him in his place.

Let me tell you one thing; I dont appreciate such behaviour by the fan and comdemn it. But your claim is absurd, sarfraz being like 5 ft 5 and extremely chubby can not do anything. He probably knows that too.

 

[Captain caveman]

THIS CLOWN IS LUCKY, I WEREN'T THERE WHEN HE SAID THIS --- TO SAFI!
If safaraz sahib reads pp, then i would like to apologise on the behalf of all brit pakistan fans for this clowns behaviour!
I would also like to commend safi on ignoring this clown and not reacting, a sign of a true professional.
We are all sad and upset with paks performances but no.one has the right to behave like this towards the pak players.
If anyone sees a pak player, please show respect, you can politely express your disappointment in their performances but i would rather try to give them encouragement.
And to the clown in this video - YOU ARE A DISGRACE!

 

[Abdul]

Let me tell you one thing; I dont appreciate such behaviour by the fan and comdemn it. But your claim is absurd, sarfraz being like 5 ft 5 and extremely chubby can not do anything. He probably knows that too.

Say it louder for the people in the back.

 

[classic]

Disgusting behaviour whatever country you may represent. He has apologised even though the reason given by his regret may not be all genuine.
Sarfraz acted in a professional manner as one should.
Let's back our boys in green no matter what, we all love the game and wish them all the best for the remaining 4 very important games.

 

[Captain caveman]

You can criticise a player in private or with friends, or a fan forum.
If you see a pak player and if you really need to( i don't understand why?)you can discuss your disappointment in their performances, if they are willing to listen to you!
What you can't do is abuse them!
If you can't understand this, then stop watching sports, you are not mentally suited to do so!

 

[Clubpenno]

yeh okay keyboard warrior.

I dont agree with him being insulted infront of his family, or children. thats wrong. He should be insulted and criticised badly in general

Man if i were granted a Aladin like wish my only wish would be to have people like you eradicated from society. There's no way to justify and belittle someone calling him a pig when you know it's connotations to every muslim. Even if he's fat and what not what about the other 10 fitness freaks Pakistan team harbours where are their performances?

I support Pakistani cricket team and will keep supporting even if they're rubbish until the day they are not.

 

[JaDed]

Actually I am guessing he is going to get some proper beats tonight after his parents find out that their son is public enemy #1 in the Pakistan sphere.

Atleast you accept now he is a Pakistani, the narrative was very diff from you in first 2 pages of the thread

 

[Captain caveman]

I remember seeing an old video, i think it was after paks defeat in the 1999 wc final, and the pak team were at i think the airport. And you had some so called pak 'fans' on the upper level abusing the pak team, who were on the lower level of the airport. Now a mr ahmed, not safaraz ahmed but ijaz ahmed let rip.
Believe me, those fans were lucky they were on the upper level, othewise the axeman would have given them something to remember him by forever!
Again, this shows what a professional safi is , by ignoring such clowns!
Respect to safi!

 

[Mr Crickekter]

All players of our team deserve this because :
1: every time our players put our heads down.
2:Bangalis are now challenging us and who is responsible for this?
3: Win or loss doesn't matter... It is how much tough time you r giving your opponent.
But in Pakistan match results are clear in very ist over...
.......doesn't we have any right to celebrate

 

[RickyG]

yeh okay keyboard warrior.

I dont agree with him being insulted infront of his family, or children. thats wrong. He should be insulted and criticised badly in general

Why should he be insulted? What gives you the right to insult him?

Criticize him for his performances and draw a line. Anything beyond that is you showing your lack of class.

 

[Clubpenno]

How would you classify abuse? For me saying you're a useless , booing them etc are fair game but calling someone a pig is not on.
Why is your life and respect derived from other men's accomplishments? We as Pakistanis should support our team as long as they are trying their best and utmost and shouldn't consider other teams such as Bangladesh or whatever as our benchmarks for supporting them.

This current batch of players apart few individuals has shown more unity and effort then they previous generations starting from Inzi's tenure in 07 World Cup. Only real upset we have had was against West Indies and the rest of the games we have been considered underdogs/ inferior team and performed as such. If you've been following our team like you claim ,these results shouldn't surprise you such that you start agreeing with our captain being called a pig in a mall since he 'deserved that'.

 

[Technics 1210]

Atleast you accept now he is a Pakistani, the narrative was very diff from you in first 2 pages of the thread

Where did I accept he was Pakistani? He can still be an Indian and be public enemy #1 in the Pakistan sphere.

I await with bated breath.

 

[Balthazar]

Don't see anything wrong with that. He didn't abuse his family, only he is making a remark on his fitness standards. It's true Pakistan's on-field performance has declined and part of it is due to the fitness. Infact, players should be embarassed looking themselves in the mirror and getting paid in the name of sports athletes.

 

[Slog]

Lol he seems like he was beaten up and made to apologise under duress.

Anyways this episode just tells about the guys upbringing, his family failing him and just the general lack of education in his khandaan app of which led to him having such behavior. Not surprised to see where he hails from

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Some of the forumers here are using a technique for argument that is the faux moral justification for any and every wrongdoing.

It's the 'but' school of thought and principles. For example:

It's bad that the woman was raped but....

It's bad that members of the ethnic/ religious minority were killed but....

It's bad that a few players were caught for corruption but...

And thus: It's bad that our captain was called a pig in public but....



A thing is bad in itself guys, getting a 'but' in there is utterly wrong.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I think people are too much invested on a stupid cricket match.

There are far bigger things in life.

 

[big_gamer007]

Some of the forumers here are using a technique for argument that is the faux moral justification for any and every wrongdoing.

It's the 'but' school of thought and principles. For example:

It's bad that the woman was raped but....

It's bad that members of the ethnic/ religious minority were killed but....

It's bad that a few players were caught for corruption but...

And thus: It's bad that our captain was called a pig in public but....



A thing is bad in itself guys, getting a 'but' in there is utterly wrong.

Best post I read on this thread. Hit the nail on the head.

 

[Sunzi]

TBH the majority are guilty of it.

How is being called a Railu Katta (generalisation by IK but since used by many incl. Shoaib Akhtar to refer to certain players) any worse than being called a pig (not literally)

Yes, I understand pig is somewhat worse - but really when the PM comes out with Railu Kattas how is that right, and if not any worse, why is it more acceptable than pig?

 

[MenInG]

My 2 cents on this.

If people call other strangers Pigs etc on their face in real lives = You will find nothing wrong with this

Else

you will be shocked.

 

[mosh101]

There was no need for this, uncalled for.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Did he just call Sarfaraz Fat as a pig?

My God, Incredible. This is a guy who just two years ago captained the side to a trophy during a time when Pakistan were not doing well and this is the behavior he receives? He should be treated like a legendary captain because that was the only second big ODI tournament win in Pak history if I am correct , full respect to Sarfaraz for not losing his temper at this and not responding.

 

[MRSN]

Some of the forumers here are using a technique for argument that is the faux moral justification for any and every wrongdoing.

It's the 'but' school of thought and principles. For example:

It's bad that the woman was raped but....

It's bad that members of the ethnic/ religious minority were killed but....

It's bad that a few players were caught for corruption but...

And thus: It's bad that our captain was called a pig in public but....



A thing is bad in itself guys, getting a 'but' in there is utterly wrong.

So he is not unfit and he don't need to work on his fitness?

 

[Sunzi]

So he is not unfit and he don't need to work on his fitness?

He is - it's just shocking to see. It's not like everyone hasn't been abusing the team over the last week or so (even longer).

It's OK behind a keyboard or in the privacy of your home/group of friends. It's just shocking to see. Sarfaraz has sympathisers from people that were bashing him a few days ago ha ha.

 

[MRSN]

Did he just call Sarfaraz Fat as a pig?

My God, Incredible. This is a guy who just two years ago captained the side to a trophy during a time when Pakistan were not doing well and this is the behavior he receives? He should be treated like a legendary captain because that was the only second big ODI tournament win in Pak history if I am correct , full respect to Sarfaraz for not losing his temper at this and not responding.

You either die as a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.

 

[Mehndi155]

Would have been intresting if he did something similar to kohli.
And get well soon those who are defending him.

 

[MRSN]

Would have been intresting if he did something similar to kohli.
And get well soon those who are defending him.

Why would he do that to Kohli? A guy who keeps his fitness to A level and works hard on his game and is a consistent performer?

 

[MenInG]

Why would he do that to Kohli? A guy who keeps his fitness to A level and works hard on his game and is a consistent performer?

Think maybe people not able to understand what happened here. Someone abused someone else publicly - that is the problem. Whether Sarfaraz is fat or not is irrelevant.

Abusing someone like that, in any society, is looked down upon.

 

[MRSN]

He is - it's just shocking to see. It's not like everyone hasn't been abusing the team over the last week or so (even longer).

It's OK behind a keyboard or in the privacy of your home/group of friends. It's just shocking to see. Sarfaraz has sympathisers from people that were bashing him a few days ago ha ha.

It's really funny how people defend his fitness levels when they are condoning abuse from this guy. We all know that was wrong but would this happened had Sarfraz kept his fitness levels to a professionally required standard. Especially as a captain? He is 32 and has barely been captain for 3 years. You do not expect such pathetic fitness levels from 32 years old captain in his 3rd year. Being a player is one thing but being a leader at such age you have to make sure there are acceptable fitness standards from you. It doesn't help when you are yawning in the middle of the game and the whole world is laughing at your leader. This fitness might have been acceptable if it was not affecting his game. He is huffing and puffing when he comes to bat and he doesn't even bother diving to catches going close to his right. There seems to be zero accountability when it comes to Sarfraz. It seems like he is beyond any accountability.

 

[Sunzi]

It's really funny how people defend his fitness levels when they are condoning abuse from this guy. We all know that was wrong but would this happened had Sarfraz kept his fitness levels to a professionally required standard. Especially as a captain? He is 32 and has barely been captain for 3 years. You do not expect such pathetic fitness levels from 32 years old captain in his 3rd year. Being a player is one thing but being a leader at such age you have to make sure there are acceptable fitness standards from you. It doesn't help when you are yawning in the middle of the game and the whole world is laughing at your leader. This fitness might have been acceptable if it was not affecting his game. He is huffing and puffing when he comes to bat and he doesn't even bother diving to catches going close to his right. There seems to be zero accountability when it comes to Sarfraz. It seems like he is beyond any accountability.

Agreed his fitness levels aren't up to standard for the modern day cricketer (regardless of what the pregnant Malinga is capable of ha ha) - if it wasn't Sarfaraz's weight/fitness, such a fan, I feel, would have abused him for something else if the circumstances were similar (lost heavily to India/poor WC so far)

 

[MenInG]

It's really funny how people defend his fitness levels when they are condoning abuse from this guy. We all know that was wrong but would this happened had Sarfraz kept his fitness levels to a professionally required standard. Especially as a captain? He is 32 and has barely been captain for 3 years. You do not expect such pathetic fitness levels from 32 years old captain in his 3rd year. Being a player is one thing but being a leader at such age you have to make sure there are acceptable fitness standards from you. It doesn't help when you are yawning in the middle of the game and the whole world is laughing at your leader. This fitness might have been acceptable if it was not affecting his game. He is huffing and puffing when he comes to bat and he doesn't even bother diving to catches going close to his right. There seems to be zero accountability when it comes to Sarfraz. It seems like he is beyond any accountability.

You are trying to justify abuse. There is no excuse for that.

It doesnt matter what Sarfaraz is or has been. You cannot call a man (any one) "Mota Suar" and then look for appreciation. This is not done in civilized societies.

 

[MRSN]

You are trying to justify abuse. There is no excuse for that.

It doesnt matter what Sarfaraz is or has been. You cannot call a man (any one) "Mota Suar" and then look for appreciation. This is not done in civilized societies.

No I didn't. I condemn this langauge as much as anyone else here. Criticising leader of your team for poor fitness levels does not mean you support this guy's actions.

 

[MenInG]

No I didn't. I condemn this langauge as much as anyone else here. Criticising leader of your team for poor fitness levels does not mean you support this guy's actions.

Ok please be clear about that part.

Rest is a matter of opinion and you are obviously entitled to it.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

So he is not unfit and he don't need to work on his fitness?

So anyone can call him a pig in public?

 

[shaaik]

Riteish Deshmukh strongly reacts to a fan misbehaving with Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed

Riteish Deshmukh has reacted strongly to a fan abusing and fat shaming Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. After the social media backlash, the fan has apologised.

For decades, India vs Pakistan match at a World Cup tournament used to be termed as the final before THE final. But, of late, Pakistan cricket team's poor performance has sucked the fun out of the legendary rivalry. Barring a Champions Trophy 2017 finals, India vs Pakistan cricket matches are often one-sided...India's side. The much discussed and talked about India-Pakistan match at Cricket World Cup 2019 was no different, where the Indian cricket team won quite comfortably.

Post Pakistan's poor performance on the cricket field, many former players and media outlets criticised their approach. Former fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar went on to call Sarfaraz Ahmed, a brainless captain and termed his captaincy approach as clueless. In an earlier video, he has criticised him for putting on weight.

It's been a week since the India-Pakistan match but fans are still angry and not letting it go. Recently, a video of a fan misbehaving with Sarfaraz Ahmed has gone viral on the internet.

In the video, the fan is seen abusing and fat shaming Sarfaraz while he is out with his family and has his kid in his lap. Disgustingly enough, the so-called fan can be heard comparing Sarfaraz too a pig. No points in guessing, the video came under the scanner with almost all the netizens criticising the man for misbehaving with Sarfaraz. Riteish Deshmukh is one of them.

Sharing a tweet, Riteish wrote in support of Sarfaraz, "Every captain in history has lost an important match. #SarfarazAhmed doesn’t deserve this. This is harassment... for heaven’s sake he is with his child."

It's good to be passionate about something but misbehaving, abusing and fat-shaming is not cool at all. Fans should understand that in the end, it's just a game and should be treated like one.

https://www.timesnownews.com/entert...tan-cricket-team-captain-sarfraz-ahmed/441295

 

[MRSN]

So anyone can call him a pig in public?

No.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Strange kind of apology. He says he doesn’t know how video was uploaded and got viral, and he also says he didn’t know it will get so much attention and he says sorry IF someone was offended by that.

He should have just said a simple sorry.

Anyways I feel sorry for Sarfraz. No matter what you just can’t talk like this to anyone and more over Sarfraz has won is CT, apart from Imran and Younis who have won us anything?

He probably thought he looked like a real bada-ss when he made the video, now he's been called out for abusing a man with a young child he's backtracked.