The verbal duel between Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Kaif has intensified through the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, with the previous Pakistan pacer strongly responding to criticism from the previous India batter.The alternate started after Kaif recommended that Amir had been making provocative remarks about India merely to achieve consideration throughout his evaluation of the event on Pakistani tv channels. Amir has repeatedly sparked debate because the begin of the competitors. He earlier described Abhishek Sharma as a “slogger” and likewise predicted that India would fail to achieve the semi-finals.
Those remarks didn’t go down properly with Kaif, who argued that such statements shouldn’t be taken significantly as Amir was merely making an attempt to remain within the highlight by focusing on India.Amir, nevertheless, fired again sharply on his YouTube channel, questioning Kaif’s credentials and suggesting that the previous India cricketer must be grateful to Sourav Ganguly for backing him throughout his taking part in days. The left-arm pacer additionally mocked Kaif’s batting document in franchise cricket and claimed that the Indian had represented the nationwide workforce largely due to his fielding skills.“I don’t know about his cricketing career, how much he’s played. I checked his stats; he just played 29 matches in the IPL. He has a strike rate of 103. He said that I was speaking about India to gain some attention. Firstly, I don’t need to get attention by speaking about India. Mr Kaif, I have played 350 T20s, you can check my stats. Moreover, main bas fielding pe cricket nahi khela (I didn’t play cricket just due to my fielding),” mentioned Amir.“I have played after giving performances. Aap Dada ko thank you bole (You should be thankful to Dada, Sourav Ganguly). I have heard that you played cricket only because of your fielding. You are a cricketer; these sorts of statements don’t suit you,” he added.Amir additionally clarified that his feedback weren’t meant to focus on India personally. According to the 33-year-old, he had beforehand rated India extremely when senior stars equivalent to Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja had been regulars within the T20 facet.“There was nothing to feel bad about. It was just a case of giving opinions. I am doing so, and you are as well. When Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja were there, I always used to pick India as favourites,” Amir mentioned.“Right now, I don’t think they are favourites. I don’t know where this comment about me being an attention seeker has come from. You have played fewer T20S than I have. Even I can say that you spoke about Mohammad Amir to gain some attention in Pakistan,” he added.Earlier, Kaif had additionally questioned Amir’s credibility by pointing to his efficiency within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, notably Pakistan’s disappointing outing towards the USA within the group stage.Kaif represented India in 13 Tests and 125 ODIs, scoring greater than 3,000 runs throughout the 2 codecs. Although he by no means performed a T20I, he featured in 75 T20 matches and scored 1,237 runs. He was additionally a part of the Rajasthan Royals squad that received the inaugural Indian Premier League title in 2008 and later labored as an assistant coach with the Delhi Capitals beneath Ricky Ponting.Amir, alternatively, loved a profitable worldwide profession with Pakistan, taking part in 36 Tests, 61 ODIs and 62 T20Is and claiming a complete of 271 wickets throughout codecs.
