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An old video of Shahid Afridi, where the Pakistani cricketer is confessing about smashing a television set after seeing his daughter imitate an “Aarti” — a Hindi ritual of worship — has prompted angry reactions online.
The 57-second video, which has gone viral on several social media platform, features Afridi responding to the host when asked if he ever broke a television set.
Recollecting the incident, Afridi says, “I smashed a TV once, because of my wife. Those days daily soaps were quite popular. I had asked my wife to watch them alone and not with the kids. However, this one time I saw one of my daughters’ performing ‘aarti’ while standing in front of the TV. When I saw her, I don’t know what happened and I smashed the TV inside the wall.”
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Once viral, many criticised Afridi for disrespecting the customs of another religion.
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The video resurfaced days after Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria claimed that there had been a “few players” in the Pakistan team who targetted him for being a Hindu. Kaneria is the second Hindu player to play for Pakistan and played for the team between 2000 and 2010.
