Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has apologised for his ‘namaz’ remarks that he made after the side’s win against India during the T20 World Cup fixture earlier this week.
“In the heat of the moment, I said something which I did not mean which has hurt the sentiments of many. I apologise for this, this was not intended at all, a genuine mistake. Sports unite people regardless of race, colour or religion. #apologies,” he tweeted.
Waqar who was a part of a discussion on Pakistan’s ARY News said that it was a “special” moment for him to see Mohammad Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus. The former right-arm bowler faced a lot of criticism for his words and later made apologies.
Pakistan thumped India by 10 wickets, riding on some fine piece of batting from Rizwan and captain Babar Azam. Both the batsmen notched up individual fifties during the course of the match.
Earlier, Shaheen Afridi rattled the Indian batting unit after scalping three important wickets in the innings that included the dismissals of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and later skipper Virat Kohli. India were eventually restricted to 151/7 in 20 overs.
The Babar Azam-led side has been in some good form as they continued the winning run against New Zealand in the second match, defeating them by 5 wickets.