Dhoni is visiti­ng IoK as chief-guest of Indian army-sponso­red cricke­t tourna­mentFormer Indian cricket team skipper MS Dhoni’s visit to Indian-occupied Kashmir has been generating a lot of headlines in the media. As part of his visit, MS Dhoni was invited as chief-guest to an army-sponsored cricket tournament in the area, and it was during this event that a video emerged where people present greeted India’s most successful cricket team captain with chants of ‘Boom, Boom Afridi’, in reference to Pakistan’s beloved cricket superstar, Shahid Afridi. In the video, security personnel around MS Dhoni try to push the people surrounding the former skipper back to no avail, as the crowd keeps chanting Afridi’s name with increasing enthusiasm. Crowds shouting Boom Boom Afridi at MS Dhoni when he attended a cricket tournament sponsored by the Indian army in north Kashmir #Cricket pic.twitter.com/lc2rFpxnGJ — Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) November 26, 2017During the cricket tournament in Kunzer, which is 35km from the capital Srinagar, Dhoni had said, “An India-Pakistan cricket series is much more than just sport. The two teams play each other only in International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments like the Champions Trophy, World T20 and the World Cup.

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 08:25 UTC