Former cricket captain Shahid Khan Afridi has called YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan a “troll”.

Imran Riaz had criticized Afridi in the context of the current political situation, on which the former all-rounder lashed out at him.

Shahid Afridi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) “In the cycle of likes, retweets, views, etc., it has become very difficult to differentiate between truth and lies and the difference between a journalist and a troll is that a journalist does research.”

He wrote, “Slander is the easiest thing, I still stand by my word that Imran bhai (Imran Khan) was my role model after seeing whom I started cricket otherwise I would not have become a cricketer. Because of lies and propaganda my position will change and neither will serve Tehreek-e-Insaaf or Imran Khan.”

Earlier, journalist Imran Riaz Khan had said in his tweet, “Shahid Afridi congratulated those who stole the country’s mandate. When Afridi started openly criticizing Pakistan’s greatest public leader, people’s patience ran out.”

“In Pakistan, there are many stars like Shahid Afridi, inferior to him and better than him, who are still connecting themselves with the people in different ways, all of them have their own political thoughts, none of them have won the hearts of the people. Shahid Afridi’s eyes are probably focused on another target.”

He said, “Risking honor to get positions does not beautify a hero. If he had to speak, Shahid Afridi should have spoken against oppression so that the people who loved him would repay their love. However, Lala always kept the tradition of getting himself out by playing the wrong shot, Afridi once again made the wrong shot selection.”

Shahid Afridi addressed the fake accounts and post makers in a statement in the past and said, “You should invest your energies in something positive that would be beneficial for yourself if not for anyone else. If I have to talk or make a statement, I have the media and my X (formerly Twitter) handle.”