T20 World Cup: Mohammad Rizwan pays tribute to Asghar Afghan

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan Sunday acknowledged former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan’s contributions to cricket, after he announced his retirement. 

Afghan had earlier said he had decided to say farewell to the game suddenly as Afghanistan’s loss to Pakistan had “hurt too much”. 

Tagging him in a tweet, Rizwan said Afghan was one of few Afghanistan cricketers who had contributed a lot to the country’s cricket. 

“He along with @MohammadNabi007, Nawroz Mangal and others started something gigantic for cricket in the country. More power to you my brother. Lots of prayers for your second innings,” he tweeted. 

Earlier, Rizwan had also extended his support to India’s only Muslim member of the World Cup squad, Mohammed Shami, after the latter was subjected to abuse and trolling online.