The war of words between former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt and former England skipper Michael Vaughan isn’t looking like fading out soon. After Vaughan brought up the infamous match-fixing incident, Butt went on to call his comments below the belt and said some constipation is an illness and some people have it in their minds.
All this started when Vaughan said Kane Williamson could have been called the best batsman of this generation had he been playing for India. He rated Williamson higher than Virat Kohli and said if anyone says a word against Kohli, Indian fans give that person pelting on social media.
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To which, Butt replied Vaughan had a neck of making such senseless comments while he himself hadn’t scored a single century in his One-Day International career. Vaughan didn’t take these words well and brought up the infamous match-fixing saga, which saw Butt’s career being cut short.
Former Pakistan player bashed Vaughan’s comment and called his word an attack below the belt. Speaking on his YouTube channel he said, “I don’t want to get into details. I just want to say that he’s picked the topic in the wrong context. There is no justification for a reaction like this. This is very below-average, below-the-belt. If he wants to live in the past and wants to talk about it, he surely can.
Constipation is an illness. Things get stuck and they don’t come out that easily. Some people have mental constipation. Their minds are in the past. That doesn’t matter.”
Salman Butt felt Vaughan could have prevented himself from taking the argument in another direction and could have come up with facts to prove his claim right.
“We spoke about two great players and there was no need to take it into a different direction. But he has opted to. The year he has mentioned, he can go on. It’s the past and it’s gone. But that doesn’t change the actual fact, which we spoke about. Had he provided some statistical presentation, some logic, some experienced-based observation, it would have been better. We too could have learned something,” said Butt.
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He concluded while mentioning this attack by Vaughan shows what kind of person he is.
“Had he spoken about cricket and proved us wrong or proved himself right, it would have been fun. But that didn’t happen. To go below the belt is an option everyone has. It just defines what you pick to do, it defines you. Now that he has done, it, he can keep on doing it as much as he can. It doesn’t affect anyone, but he has just defined himself,” concluded Butt.
