My Tongue Slipped: Pakistani Cricketer Abdul Razzaq Apologizes for Controversial Remark on Aishwarya Rai

Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq came into controversy on Tuesday when he gave a bad example by taking the name of Indian actress Aishwarya Rai while questioning the intentions of the Pakistan Cricket Board. After his statement went viral, Indian fans got very angry at him. Now embarrassed by his statement, Razzaq has apologized. Razzaq says that his tongue had slipped, he had no such intention. Let us tell you that on this statement of Abdul Razzaq, former players of his country have also criticized him.

While apologizing on Sama TV for his bad statement regarding Aishwarya Rai, Abdul Razzaq said, ‘Yesterday in the press conference, there was talk of cricket, there was talk of coaching and there was talk of intention. My tongue slipped and I wanted to give some other example, but Aishwarya ji’s name slipped out of my mouth. I apologize and this was not my intention. I wanted to give some other example, but this one slipped out of my mouth. I apologize.

Let us tell you, during the show during which Abdul Razzaq gave this controversial statement about Aishwarya Rai, former cricketers like Shahid Afridi, and Umar Gul were present. All of them were seen laughing at Razzaq’s comment. However, Shahid Afridi later turned around and said ‘I did not know that I did not understand.’

Afridi now gave his clarification on this issue and said, ‘We were sitting on the stage and Razzaq said something. Razzaq spoke and I couldn’t understand…I was laughing anyway. I know he has a mic in his hand so he has to talk to someone. Believe me, people there were also laughing… When I came home, someone shared the clip with me and told me what he had said. So when I heard carefully that Razzaq had said this, I started laughing on the stage, then I felt very strange. This was a wrong joke, such jokes should not happen.

Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar also condemned Razzaq’s statement and said, ‘No woman should be insulted like this.’