“Asif Ali should be banned from the rest of the tournament”- Gulbadin Naib after ugly altercation between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmed

“Asif Ali should be banned from the rest of the tournament”- Gulbadin Naib after ugly altercation between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmed

Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmed

During the tensed Super 4 match between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the latter won it by one wicket, a lot of ugly scenes were witnessed at the Sharjah stadium on Wednesday, September 7.

During the 19th over’s fifth ball, Fareed Ahmed dismissed Asif Ali on short fine leg by Karim Janat. That dismissal came after Ali had smashed a six in the previous ball. But after the dismissal, the bowler gave a mouthful of send-off to Ali.

Ali became furious and tried to punch Fareed and also threatened to hit him with his bat. The Afghan and Pakistan players and umpires separated the two from having a physical alteration.

Afghanistan player Gulbadin Naib took to twitter and slammed the behaviour of Asif Ali, defending Ahmed that a bowler has the right to celebrate and that Ali shouldn’t behave the way he did with those fighting gesture.

“This is stupidity at extreme level by Asif Ali and should be ban from the rest of the tournament, any bowler has the right to celebrate but being physical is not acceptable at all @icc @ACCMedia1,” Naib wrote on Twitter.

Check his post below:

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Pakistan vs Afghanistan final over sixes

Asif Ali
PAK vs AFG

12 runs were needed from seven balls and only one wicket was left. Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah entered the field and the two sixes he smashed saw the entire energetic Pakistani players running all the way to Naseem, their hero, for they had won the match by a fine margin while Afghanistani players were seen with heavy faces because with this loss, their stint in Asia Cup 2022 also ended.

India’s chance to stay at the tournament also ended with Afghanistan’s loss. Pakistan will now face Sri Lanka in the final as both the teams have won two matches in the Super 4 stage.

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