While Shahid Afridi is one the greatest-ever to have represented Pakistan at the international level in cricket, Shaheen Shah Afridi who happens to be his son-in-law is one of the stars from the Pakistan men's national cricket team among the present crop of cricketers. Despite retiring from international cricket, Shahid Afridi continues to ply his trade in a few leagues around the world and is currently featuring in the Global T20 Canada. On the other hand, Shaheen is playing in the Hundred competition in England.
Even though the two players are competing in cricket tournaments in two continents separated by thousands of kilometres, a recent video which has gone viral on social media shows the two players having an identical celebration. Both the players were amongst the wickets and celebrated their success in an identical manner.
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It is pertinent to note that Shaheen Afridi married ex-Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi's daughter Ansha in February earlier this year. The left-arm speedster will be critical to the team's success in the forthcoming Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup in India.
While there were a few speculation regarding Pakistan's participation in the ICC Men's ODI World Cup in 2023, the Pakistan government gave a green signal to the country's senior men's side to travel to India for the marquee global cricket tournament set to commence on October 5.
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"Pakistan has consistently maintained that sports should not be mixed with politics. It has, therefore, decided to send its Cricket Team to India to participate in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023," the release from Pakistan's foreign ministry dated August 6 said.
"We expect that full safety and security of Pakistan Cricket Team will be ensured during its visit to India," it added.