NEW DELHI:
Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday blasted Pakistani cricketer
Shahid Afridi for his remarks urging the
United Nations (UN) to intervene in "Indian Occupied Kashmir" to stop the killing of "innocents", reported news agency ANI.
"We have got capable people to manage and run our country. No outsider needs to know or tell us what we need to do," the legendary batsman retorted.
Earlier today, top Indian cricketers, including captain
Virat Kohli, led the charge against Afridi for his remarks on Kashmir.
Kohli stressed that he could "never support" anything that harms Indian interests.
"As an Indian you want to express what is best for your nation and my interests are always for the benefit of our nation. If anything opposes it, I would never support it for sure," he said.
"But having said that, it's a very personal choice for someone to comment about certain issues. Unless I have total knowledge of the issues and the intricacies of it I don't engage in it but definitely your priority stays with your nation," he added.
Former captain
Kapil Dev wondered why Afridi was being given importance.
"Who is he? Why are we giving importance to him? We should not be giving importance to certain people," he said.
Suresh Raina reiterated that "Kashmir is an integral part of India and will remain so always."
"Kashmir is the pious land where my forefathers were born. I hope @SAfridiOfficial bhai asks Pakistan Army to stop terrorism and proxy war in our Kashmir. We want peace, not bloodshed and violence," he wrote.
Yesterday, Gambhir slammed Afridi for his tweet on Kashmir, saying that the Pakistani cricketer "is celebrating a dismissal off a no-ball".
In a tweet on Tuesday, Afridi had condemned the recent clampdown on terrorists in the Kashmir Valley, urging the UN to intervene in the matter.
Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician
Imran Khan, too, had similarly posted: "The people of Pakistan stand with the Kashmiris democratic struggle for self-determination."
On Sunday, 12 terrorists were killed in the Valley in one of the biggest security operations in recent history.
The operations rendered a severe dent to terror groups such as
Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
In operations conducted over the weekend in three separate locations in the Valley, 12 terrorists were killed, one was captured alive and four civilians lost their lives in the ensuing stone-pelting. Three jawans were also martyred in the gun battle with the terrorists.
(With inputs from agencies)
