{"id":3761,"date":"2021-11-06T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2021-11-06T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T12:15:04","slug":"shoaib-akhtar-says-90-per-cent-people-think-afghanistan-vs-india-match-was-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/shoaib-akhtar-says-90-per-cent-people-think-afghanistan-vs-india-match-was-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Akhtar says 90 per cent people think Afghanistan vs India match was fixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that 90% of people think India vs Afghanistan match was \u201cfixed\u201d after a dismal performance from the Afghan team in their T20 World Cup fixture two days back.<br \/>\nThe former pacer&#8217;s comments came during private news channel programme, as social media exploded with claims and memes that the match was fixed.<br \/>\nThe Indian openers played splendidly and handed Afghanistan a mammoth 211-run target. In response, the opposition could not even get close, as they made 144 for the loss of seven in 20 overs.<br \/>\nThe former Pakistani pacer echoed the sentiments of many cricketers and sports lovers who were of the view that the Afghan team did not play with their full potential.<br \/>\nWhile sharing his views on the show, Akhtar said that Pakistanis wanted to see India in the T20 World Cup final after the Men In Blue handed Scotland a thrashing, which boosted their chances of reaching the tournament&#8217;s semi-final.<br \/>\n&#8220;We will crush India again in the finals,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nShedding light on his on-air spat with PTV Sports anchorperson Dr Nauman Niaz, Akhtar said as opposed to his nature, he had decided not to indulge in a dispute.<br \/>\n&#8220;I decided not to say anything on the show as my mother is aged [&#8230;] I want to please Allah and Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), not people,&#8221; the former pacer said.<br \/>\nAkhtar thanked his fans for supporting him following the event and mentioned that he had &#8220;left Dr Nauman and the state broadcaster on the same night&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;My sister had asked me to leave the show,&#8221; he added.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/cricket-match-to-be-played-between-lahore-qalanders-battagram-heroes-on-oct-22-fayyaz-jamal-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cricket match to be played between Lahore Qalanders &amp; Battagram Heroes on Oct 22: Fayyaz Jamal Khan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that 90% of people think India vs Afghanistan match was \u201cfixed\u201d after a dismal performance from the Afghan team in their T20 World Cup fixture two days back. The former pacer&#8217;s comments came during private news channel programme, as social media exploded with claims and memes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[389,2330],"class_list":["post-3761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-afghanistan","tag-holy-prophet-muhammad-pbuh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}