IHT reported:
Four players, including the swashbuckling allrounder Shahid Afridi, landed at Karachi airport and were pilloried for the team's shock loss to Ireland — that was followed a day later by the unsolved murder in Jamaica of coach Bob Woolmer.The only consolation for Pakistani players is thatAbout 200 people who had gathered at the airport taunted the mercurial batsman with chants of "Afridi! Sell lentils!" and "Deserter, where are you going?" — and marched behind him as dozens of police escorted him to a waiting car.
"Go to hell!" some in the crowd yelled as Afridi, wearing dark sunglasses, got into the car and drove away. The allrounder, one of the most marketable stars in this cricket-crazy nation, made no response to the chants.
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