MI Player Gives Deadly Warning To Pakistan Amid War With Afghanistan

MI players and Mohsin Naqvi in a collage (x.com)

There is turmoil going on in the subcontinent with cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have been going on for over a month now. On Monday evening, Pakistan reportedly carried out airstrikes on a 1000-bedded drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing around 400 people and injuring close to 250 innocents.

Amid the tense situation in the country, various prominent cricketers from Afghanistan have shown their support towards suffering families and condemned the cowardly attack. Rashid Khan called out the attack a "sheer disregard for human lives", while Mohammad Nabi stated that "hope was extinguished at a hospital".

Allah Ghazanfar warns Pakistan, calls India a friend

While speaking on the same, Afghanistan and Mumbai Indians spinner, Allah Ghazanfar, gave a deadly warning to Pakistan. Furthermore, he seeked help from "close friend" India on behalf of his country.

"The people there don't have money for treatment. They've targeted that place as well, and they've martyred those people. This is not acceptable to the people of Afghanistan," Ghazanfar told News18 in an interview.

"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 added.

Later, in the interview, Allah Ghazanfar warned Pakistan citing Afghanistan's history in such matters.

"Everyone knows Afghanistan's history. If that history repeats itself, it will be very bad for Pakistan, Allah Ghazanfar said while warning Pakistan.

IPL 2026 calling for Allah Ghazanfar

Ahead of the IPL 2025, the Mumbai Indians acquired the services of the upcoming Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar for INR 4.8 crore, but an injury to the mystery spinner ruled him out of that season.

However, for his real good numbers in leagues across the globe, and for Afghanistan as well, MI decided to retain the spinner ahead of the mini-auction for IPL 2026.

Additionally, Ghazanfar represented Mumbai Indians' sister franchise, MI Emirates, in the ILT20 2025-26, where he took 15 wickets in 13 innings at 19.00 apiece, helping the team finish as runners-up to the Desert Vipers.

The Afghanistan spinner has reached India for Mumbai's pre-season camps, where he was practising with Rohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur, who themselves had a fun banter in a session.

MI kickstart thier campaign in the IPL 2026 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wakhede Stadium on March 29.

Who is Allah Ghazanfar?

Born in Paktia and raised in Kabul, aged 19 years, Allah Ghazanfar has played 14 ODIs, 5 T20Is and one Test match for Afghanistan. The impressive tweaker has already snapped two five-wicket hauls in international cricket, with a best of 6/26 against Bangladesh.

However, despite such booming numbers, the right-arm off-break bowler missed on a chance to board the flight to India and Sri Lanka for the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Nevertheless, in his brief career, Ghazanfar has already played 63 T20s, scalping 77 wickets at an economy rate of 6.72. He has already played in leagues such as the ILT20, CPL, and Vitality Blast.