Sarfraz Ahmed’s racist comment: The Pakistani captain was heard on the stump mic saying an inappropriate comment.
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During the second ODI of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of South Africa at Durban, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was caught as passing a racist comment to South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.
While there hasn’t been any action taken on the Pakistani captain as of now, it is believed that he is likely to be in trouble.
It all happened on the third ball of the 37th over when Phehlukwayo inside-edged a Shaheen Shah Afridi delivery towards the fine-leg region. With the batsman riding high on his luck, Ahmed seemed annoyed behind the wicket.
“Abey kaale, teri ammi aaj kahaan baitheen hain? Kya parwa ke aaye hai aaj? (Hey black guy, where’s your mother sitting today? What [prayer] have you got her to say for you today?),” Ahmed was heard as saying in Urdu on the stump mic.
Defending 204 runs, Pakistan had restricted the hosts to 80-5 in the 15th over. With half their side down, South Africa were in real trouble. However, an unbeaten 127-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Rassie van der Dussen and Phehlukwayo saw the hosts chasing down the total in 42 overs.
Van der Dussen, who made his ODI debut in the first ODI at Port Elizabeth, ended up scoring 80* (123) with the help of nine fours. On the other hand, Phehlukwayo scored 69* (80) with the help of seven fours and two sixes. Having also registered bowling figures of 9.5-2-22-4, Phehlukwayo was declared the ‘Man of the Match’.
Watch the full video of Ahmed below:
