Mumbai Indians marked a lightweight second of their IPL 2026 preparations as captain Hardik Pandya and teammates celebrated the birthday of Afghanistan’s Allah Ghazanfar throughout a coaching camp.
The celebration befell throughout a observe session, where gamers and help workers gathered to mark the event.
Ghazanfar, a younger spinner, is a part of the MI squad for IPL 2026 and is but to make his debut within the league.
Earlier within the week, the Afghanistan participant had spoken about an airstrike that hit a rehabilitation centre in Kabul. He referred to the affect of tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, specializing in the impact on civilians.
In what has been described as one of many deadliest airstrikes carried out by Pakistan on Afghanistan, at the least 400 folks have been killed and round 250 others have been injured. Afghanistan’s deputy authorities spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat stated the strike hit a drug rehabilitation hospital, damaging giant elements of the two,000-bed facility. Pakistan has denied the allegations.
Ghazanfar highlighted the significance of the ability, stressing that it supplied essential help to weak sections of society. “The people there don’t have money for treatment,” Ghazanfar instructed CNN News18. “And now, they’ve targeted that place as well; they’ve martyred those people. This is not acceptable to the people of Afghanistan.”
Strongly condemning the attack, he additionally questioned the intent behind such navy actions. “I don’t know what they’re trying to prove. They come and target ordinary people, and we simply cannot accept this. Afghanistan cannot accept this,” he stated within the interview. “Everyone knows Afghanistan’s history,” he warned. “If that history repeats itself, it will be very bad for Pakistan.”
The spinner is but to make his IPL debut and has featured in 20 matches for Afghanistan up to now, choosing up 29 wickets throughout codecs.
