“I am AbdulRazzaq. Yesterday, during the press conference, we were talking about cricket, coaching and intention.It was a slip of the tongue of the kind that happened while I was giving an example to explain the situation. I wanted to give some other example but accidentally Aishwarya’s name came up. I really want to apologise for my mistake and I want to say sorry to Aishwarya. That was not my intention. I really apologise,” he said in a video statement.
During the press conference, former Pakistan cricketers including Abdul Razzaq with Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul were on the stage. Analysing the team’s performance, Abdul said, “Younis Khan had good intentions as a captain and it gave me confidence to perform better. Everyone over here is talking about the intention and Pakistan’s team. Actually, we don’t have good intentions to develop and polish players in Pakistan. If you think that by marrying Aishwarya Rai, a good and pious kid would be born, it would never happen.”
Former Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq faces massive backlash for his ‘disrespectful’ comment about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
His comment didn’t go down well with netizens who slammed him left, right and center for disrespecting a global icon like Aishwarya on the stage and in front of the cameras. Not just in India but people in Pakistan also slammed the former cricketers and urged him to not embarrass them in front of the world.
Earlier in the day, Shahid Afridi had said he was clapping and laughing at Abdul Razzaq’s example because he didn’t understand it properly. Later, when someone showed him the video clip, then he realised that Razzaq made a big mistake. He also told the reporters that he will ask Razzaq to apologise for his comments.
