Pakistan batsman Azam Khan wipes sweat with currency notes©X (Twitter)
Pakistani cricketer Azam Khan received a lot of criticism on social media after a video of him using foreign currency notes to wipe his sweat went viral on social media. The Pakistan cricket team and its players rarely manage to stay away from controversy, but episodes like this explain exactly why. As Azam Khan was wiping the sweat from his forehead, he could hear Pakistan captain Babar Azam taunting him while recording a video. Fans on social media could not understand the insensitive act by the Pakistani cricketer.
In the video, Babar can be heard asking Azam, “Abba kya hua hai? Garmi hai? (What happened? Is it hot?).” Khan can then be seen saying, “Bahot jaada garmi hai (It’s too hot)” and wiping his sweat with a British currency note. Babar, in particular, bursts into laughter at Azam’s behaviour. The video has been labelled “shameless” by many on social media.
Seeing Azam Khan using currency notes in such a way was not a pleasant sight for his fans, with many users on social media even calling him “mocking the poor”. Below are some reactions.
“That’s why we always say basic education is a must. These people travel the world but don’t learn basic humanitarian values. Send them to school before you send them to an international platform,” wrote a user on social media.
“People are dying from lack of food in Pakistan and instead of donating money to them, this man sits under his roof and mocks the poor while paying for internet Wi-Fi and expensive mobile phones. “I’m paying for it,” said another.
“Apart from a rare few in the history of Pakistani sports, there is no player with any kind of charisma, clout or influence, no player that a young child would look up to.The current lot is completely hopeless. “, a source told X.
The Pakistan cricket team has arrived in England for a warm-up T20I series ahead of the start of the 2024 T20 World Cup.
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