Shahid Afridi says cricketers can earn much through fair means. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
“It’s beyond me why players have to resort to corruption when they can earn good money by playing cricket honestly,” said all-rounder Shahid Afridi said in a statement on Friday.
“Cricketers can earn much through fair means because there are so many T20 leagues which pay good money to players.”
Afridi has had a long and profitable career while remaining on the right side of the law. The cricketer has enjoyed lucrative cricketing contracts and sponsorship deals. He is a popular face on many products, especially in Pakistan. In addition to his sponsorship deals, he owns a popular apparel line that sells under his own name.
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@R.A: How does this relate to Afridi?
@Ch. Allah Daad: He might not be the best, but he plays at international level, so he is much much better than you!!
Afridi does not understand many things. One of them is cricket.
Its easy for a good looking lad like Afridi to make money via sponsers. Asif on the other hand..
I cannot understand why cricketer turn to politics@Omair: Please go and read what Mazhar Majeed said about Afridi , and then comment. He as approached in the same tour that Amir and Asif were caught! Mazhar Majeed said afridi is the only player who didn't attend his call and refused to meet him!!
Money has nothing to do with this. Cricketers are humans , & just like other humans cricketers are susceptible to corruption.
afridi is a clean cricketer....he plays with full sportsmanship...please stop ruinning his name...
Had he been an good he would have gotten offers to under perform and thus understood why cricketers turn to corruption.
Dear Afridi even I don't understand why did you chew the ball!
@abdussamad: Thats not corruption , Go check the meaning of corruption and then come here to comment,
@Morons: That is his hard-earned money!! He decides how he spends it!! We have no right to say how he should spend it!!
Why did Afridi cheat by digging up the pitch and messing with the cricket ball? That is a type of corruption too.
@Afridi: Because not every cricketer is lucky enough to afford designer outlets :p
@Darr:
Yes Darr, a bad player who has won the maximum number of Man of the Match Awards as a Pakistani Player! Very Bad indeed! Sigh!
@Darr: afridi is a bad player??? Wo hit a 37 ball century? Who has highest strike rate in cricket career? Who has most sixes in the world (302 odi sixes)? Who carried a broken team to wc 2011 semifinal against india? Who won pakistan the world t20 2009 cup in England single-handedly? These are just a few of his records!! Please reflect on what you write before calling pakistanis best allrounder (after imran khan) a "bad player"
Afridi knows better than eveeyone. If afridi could be such a bad player and make so much money, why not good players...