‘Shahid Afridi has eaten dog meat…’ - How a young Irfan Pathan silenced ex-Pakistan captain in 2006, India star recalls

Besides his cricketing skills, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is known for his controversial remarks too. From attacking the Indian players during his playing career to post retirement, Afridi made headlines for all the wrong reasons even now. Recently, former India allrounder Irfan Pathan recalled a heated conversation with Afridi mid flight. 

The incident took place back during India's tour of Pakistan in 2006, probably after the third Test in Karachi. As both the Indian and Pakistan teams were travelling from Karachi to Lahore, Afridi decided to play with a young Pathan, who had played roughly 20 Tests by then in three years. 

Afridi, who was a senior member in the side by then, started by messing up Pathan's hair which irked the Indian. “He asked me, ‘How are you, kid?’,” Pathan recalled in an interview with Lallantop. "I thought, since when did he become my father. He behaved like a child. I was neither talking to him nor saying anything. After this, Afridi said some bad things to me. His seat was near mine," narrated the former Indian cricketer.