“Today’s players are McDonald’s, KFC generation,” Shahid Afridi said of the current generation of players’ lack of aggression.

According to NDTV Sports, Shahid Afridi stated, “Aaj kal ke players sab McDonalds, KFC wale hai (Today’s players are McDonald’s, KFC generation).”

At the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, India and Pakistan will play a high-stakes Champions Trophy 2025 match on February 23. The rivalry is consistently referred to as a thriller, examining a number of topics pertaining to both nations outside of cricket. When they have met each other in the past, the Men in Blue have always won the ICC events, but lately, the Green Shirts have faltered in the face of the powerful Indians.

Pakistan’s victories over India in the Champions Trophy 2017 final and the T20 World Cup 2022 league match are noteworthy. Their Asian peers have consistently outperformed them except from this. Ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025 match, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has voiced his displeasure with the current generation of players’ lack of aggression. Yuvraj Singh, a former cricketer for India, used the relationship between the two nations as a metaphor.

Pakistan and India’s connection is similar to miya-biwi. He said, “They fight in the morning and eat together in the evening.

This is the widely shared video of the chat between Yuvraj and Shahid Afridi:

“Aap fitness ke baare mein na baat kare!” That’s Yuvi being Yuvi! 😅

Catch the IND-PAK legends at their candid best on 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻! 𝗝𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 on THU, 20th FEB, 10 PM on Star Sports 1 & Star Sports 1 Hindi!

📺📱 Start… pic.twitter.com/7dhZmjxYUf

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 18, 2025

🗣 “India-Pakistan ka relation miya-biwi ke relation ki tarah hai!” 😁 – @YUVSTRONG12

Catch the IND-PAK legends at their candid best on 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻! 𝗝𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 on THU, 20th FEB, 10 PM on Star Sports 1 & Star Sports 1 Hindi!… pic.twitter.com/qOgmOkWTl2

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 18, 2025

In addition to winning the Champions Trophy, they also lost: Shehbaz Sharif

When India and Pakistan play each other on the cricket field, not only do former players get excited, but so do the governments. Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, which is hosting the Champions Trophy in 2025, encouraged the players to overcome India in addition to winning the championship.

“We have a good team that has performed well lately, but the true goal right now is to defeat our bitter opponent, India, in the forthcoming match in Dubai in addition to winning the Champions Trophy. “The whole country supports them,” Sharif declared.