KARACHI: With the cricket world cup due to start later this month, Pakistan’s cricket team has been under increasing scrutiny for their fairly unusual preparations.
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They’ve consulted spiritual advisors for their kit numbers and sported the haircut of champions, but this latest antic may just have topped them all. Two players – Shahid Afridi and Ahmed Shahzad – are arguably the worst offenders as the following pictures show.
It starts with just your run-of-the-mill selfies
World Cup Selfies……. #Pakistan #Cricket #TeamGreen #CWC15 pic.twitter.com/GdBr148XTH
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) January 20, 2015
Selfie Freaks…. Ahmad Shahzad & Shahid Afridi pic.twitter.com/y6TfxrJg83 — Cricket Photos (@cricphotos) February 2, 2015
And the it gets worse…
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When you try and take a selfie but bae photobombs you… pic.twitter.com/aCRplD6945
— Khaver Siddiqi (@thekarachikid) February 2, 2015
Yeh hai Allah ka sahi azaab hamari team per. Selfiyaan. pic.twitter.com/hqZRyxvf3p — Senator Garam Paani (@mahobili) February 2, 2015
Some fans were having none of it though
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selfiyaan nahi thakur, cup chahiye cup”@faizanlakhani: World Cup Selfies……. #Pakistan #Cricket #TeamGreen #CWC15 pic.twitter.com/UgGNMado6m”
— Muhammad Rizwan (@rizwanum) January 20, 2015