On Thursday, Shikhar Dhawan came hard on the former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi for his comments, made via Twitter, asking the United Nations to take ‘action against India for people’s plight in Kashmir.’ In a tweet, Shikhar gave a piece of his mind to Afridi and asked the latter to focus on own country first. He tweeted, “Pehle khudke desh ki haalat sudharo. Apni soch apne paas rakho (First, improve your country and keep your thoughts with you).”

Pehle khudke desh ki haalat sudharo. Apni soch apne paas rakho. Apne desh ka joh hum kar rahe hai woh acha hi hai aur aage jo karna hai woh humein ache se pata hai. Zyaada dimaag mat lagao @SAfridiOfficial

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) April 5, 2018

The Indian opener further said that India knows what it needs to do improve the situations in our country. Talking to Twitter, he wrote, “Apne desh ka joh hum kar rahe hai woh acha hi hai aur aage jo karna hai woh humein ache se pata hai. Zyaada dimaag mat lagao (What we are doing with our country is good for us and we know what to do in the future. Do not use too much brains).”

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Dhawan’s remarks came in response to Afridi’s harsh tweet related to the recent violence in Kashmir as “appalling”. He tweeted, “Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self-determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren’t they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?” 

Indian pacer Ishant Sharma also replied to Afridi on Thursday and said that he is “offended” by the latter’s remarks. He wrote, “As an Indian, I feel offended to see such baseless remarks! Kashmir is, was and…will always be an integral part of India.”

As an Indian, I feel offended to see such baseless remarks! Kashmir is, was and…will always be an integral part of India.

— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) April 5, 2018

Other cricketing stars including Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, and Kapil Dev also responded to Afridi’s remarks while speaking to media on Wednesday. Tendulkar said, “It is obvious that we have capable people to manage our country, run our country. No outsider needs to tell us what we need to do.”

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On the other hand, Kapil Dev lashed out in Afridi while speaking to media and said, “Who is he? Why are we giving importance to him? We should not be giving importance to certain people.”