NEW DELHI: Afghanistan batter Ibrahim Zadran, who guided his crew to a sensational victory of their World Cup match towards Pakistan on Monday, devoted his Player of the Match award to the individuals of his nation in addition to the Afghans who’re being deported from Pakistan.
“I want to dedicate this Man of the Match to that people who were sent from Pakistan to back home Afghanistan (sic),” Zadran mentioned after receiving the award on the post-match presentation.

The remarks by Zadran come within the backdrop of Pakistan asking all undocumented refugees to go away the nation by November 1.
The determination has impacted practically 1.7 million undocumented Afghan refugees dwelling in Pakistan.

The announcement met with extreme criticism from the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, with Kabul calling it “unacceptable”.
Zadran’s assertion went viral on X, with a number of customers lauding the gesture and a few even evaluating it to Pakistani wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan’s pro-Palestine remarks after their victory towards Sri Lanka earlier within the match.

The Afghan opener was a part of an aggressive 130-run opening stand with Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65), which helped orchestrate Afghanistan’s chase of 283 towards an out-of-sort Pakistan’s tempo and spin bowling.