After a long era, Pakistan won the series against New Zealand. Former captain Shahid Afridi organized a grand dinner party in honor of the Pakistani cricketers. The party was held at Afridi’s Karachi residence on Thursday, the day after India beat visiting New Zealand by 26 runs in the third ODI of the series at home.

Shahid Afridi’s son-in-law Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ihsanullah and Mohammad Haris was in the group photo taken after the dinner. The coaching staff of Pakistan team including Haris, Naseem Shah, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed were seen but the captain of the winning team However, Babar Azam was not seen there.

Posting a group photo from his social media account, Shahid Afridi wrote, “I am proud to host a dinner party for the heroes of Pakistan. I pray to Allah for all of them, that the next matches can also be won like this.” It should be noted that Pakistan has won the series in the first 3 matches of the five-match series.

Notably, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Najam Sethi said that the interim selection committee headed by Shahid Afridi wanted to remove Babar Azam from the captaincy. Critics are trying to link the Pakistan captain’s absence in Afridi’s claim with that statement.