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PSL 2021: Sarfaraz Ahmed refuses to shake hands with Mohammad Haeez

Aryasekhar Chakraborty

The Pakistan Super League has already seen its fair share of drama but none bigger than the tiff going on between former Pakistan captains Mohammad Hafeez and Sarfaraz Ahmed. After the infamous banter on Twitter not long ago, the duo was involved in another altercation during the PSL group clash between Quetta Gladiators and the Lahore Qalandars. 

After the conclusion of the match, the players were seen shaking hands with each other but Sarfaraz refused to share pleasantries creating a fresh controversy. On the back of a good knock from Sarfaraz Ahmed of 40 of 33 deliveries, the Gladiators posted a decent score on the board. However, they were blown away by two special knocks from Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Hafeez. While Fakhar smashed 82 in 52 deliveries while Hafeez chipped in with a whirlwind 73 0f just 33 deliveries. 

Recently the duo had a heated exchange on Twitter. Hafeez had taken to his Twitter handle and congratulated Mohammad Rizwan on his match-winning performances against South Africa. "Congratulations @iMRizwanPak on scoring T20. U r a Star shining star Glowing star Wonder how long u need to prove that u r NO1 wicketkeeper/Batsman in Pakistan in all formats of the game. Just asking,” wrote Hafeez. 

Sarfaraz who is no more the first choice wicket-keeper batsman for Pakistan reacted to the post and wrote, “Hafeez bhai Sb, whoever has played for Pakistan from Imtiaz Ahmed, Wasim Bari, Tasleem Arif to Saleem Yousuf and from Moin Khan, Rashid Latif to Kamran Akmal and even Rizwan right now has always been number ONE for the country and have been respected accordingly." He further added that a senior player like Hafeez should always look to spread positivity besides mentioning that they are all behind Rizwan. 


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