Shahid Afridi furiously smashes TV after seeing daughter perform Indian 'aarti' at home

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi and controversy go hand in hand. A video involving him is going viral on social media, which has drawn a lot of criticism. In video, Afridi while talking to TV host Nida Yasir, revealed about breaking his television set once after seeing his daughter trying to imitate an aarti as performed in an Indian television series.

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Afridi was asked by host if he had ever smashed his TV to which he admitted about doing it once because of his wife. former cricketer added that daily soaps were quite popular a few years ago and he had asked his wife to watch m alone and t with ir children. But when he saw one of his daughters performing aarti while watching show, he smashed  TV inside wall.

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Shahid Afridi speaks about smashing his TV: Watch video

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Shoaib Akhtar's sensational claim

video is doing rounds at a time when former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar made a sensational claim about mistreatment of Danish Kaneria based on his religion. In a video that went viral, Akhtar rehashed plight of Hindus in Pakistan and was seen talking about bigotry some players faced because of ir religion. Akhtar spoke about Kaneria, who was second Hindu after Anil Dalpat to play for  Pakistan cricket team. Kaneria is in fact a cousin of Dalpat. Citing examples of mistreatment faced by Kaneria, Shoaib Akhtar claimed that he was even barred from picking up food from same table as ors because of his religion.

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