In a conversation with Nida Yasir’s sehri transmission, cricketer Sarfaraz Ahmed and his wife Syeda Khushbaht talked openly about their marriage, his career, and how they met for the first time. However, the bit where the cricketer would not allow his wife to review his performance on the field left the internet fuming.
Despite the conversation being rather light-hearted and wholesome, Sarfaraz shared a story where he gaslights his wife for advising him on his performance.
The host asked whether the duo have chats about his game. Khushbaht then shared how Sarfaraz has never brought his work home.
“If he isn’t performing well or has lost a match or even if he had won one, he’d make sure to leave all of that [sentiment] in the ground,” she commented as Nida intervened, “So, no after-effects of that?” Khushbaht responded, “Not at all. We have not faced any of it”.
Nida then inquired whether the two have a discussion regarding cricket. “We don’t talk about cricket at all,” Khushbaht shared. “He does not like talking about it and neither do I.” The cricketer then added, “Once we did have a chat about it. It was 2013”. Khushbaht laughed and quipped, “Sarfaraz, no! You really have to share this?” However, this did not stop the cricketer from sharing.
Sarfaraz scolds wife
“I was touring in South Africa, it was my first test match tour,” said Sarfaraz. “The wickets there are a bit bouncy, South Africa was at top of the game at that time as well.”
“I could not perform and I was out of the team,” he added. “Khushbaht advised me to work on my diet and focus more. I told her, ‘You have said this today, keep your nose out of my business from now on. There is no need for you to become my coach.”
Khushbaht, who laughed all along, added, “We have not spoken about cricket since that day”. Many people took to social media to express their outrage at Sarfaraz’s response to his wife’s advice. In addition, the host also received backlash for taking the incident lightly and laughing about it.
Internet calls out the cricketer
Yes this is disturbing. “Aj to bol diya ainda na bolna”. Can someone ask to the host what is funny in this. And his wife is saying “is k baad cricket pr Baat nhi ki” this is so pathetic. Sarfraz Ahmad thoughts are so pathetic. https://t.co/ecNu8KHawS
— Zara forever afridian 💜 (@kkzara07) April 6, 2022
It’s not normal. It’s very typical toxic husband behavior*
It shows they don’t want and don’t value your opinion & input
Else they won’t be triggered by it.— Ruby Woo 🇵🇰 (@Rubaya54409629) April 6, 2022
yikes. proof that most paki men see women as baby birthing machines only, with no thoughts, opinions or inputs of their own. for them, a good woman a quiet woman. like she’s your partner. what’s so wrong about her suggesting you smth regarding your career? fragile ego. https://t.co/fI4PNeZ6nu
— mahrujuanaa (@mahrujuanaa) April 6, 2022
anyone with a little bit of emotional intelligence understands she’s trapped in a bad marriage. his words and tone is so disrespectful https://t.co/j1r5DrcvWh
— haider (@hdralt_) April 6, 2022
Uff itni fragile ego. Also she’s clearly not comfortable sharing this and his blatant disregard for that is 🤮 https://t.co/3ezxFKfl2b
— 🌜🌛 (@notmarriaaa) April 6, 2022
Hosts in pak shows after a man tells goes on about their horribly abusive and controlling behaviour towards their wife, to the point that the wife in question has internalised it, and has no way to cope with it but laugh about it https://t.co/bEtOf3je5P pic.twitter.com/VKAABh9usv
— s. (@safibutno) April 6, 2022
in our society, men put their wives down so casually. not even surprised to see people normalizing his statement under the video because tum logon ne seekha hi yehi hai. yeh hai humara culture https://t.co/mJrbr0MyJf
— SK✨ (@notsobs) April 6, 2022
A few defended the cricketer
Pakistani people have a weird hobby of commenting on a couple’s relationship dynamics, where it’s clearly not needed.
— Oshaz (@ThisIsOshaz) April 6, 2022
Kisi desi aadmi ko mene bivi ka input bardasht karte nai dekha. I dont talk to my husband on politics and religion or any other opinion for the same reason. Its very normal husband behavior.
— wild (@usrizvi) April 6, 2022
They’re a couple and its normal to draw lines, he’s still with her and she’s still with him dont overthink it. Had it been malicious he wouldn’t share the story for the world to know. Think good of people
— getting on with life (@i_try11866808) April 6, 2022
In spite of the fact that both are taking it as a joke, it is still disturbing to see the husband’s attitude. It reinforces the idea that women don’t know anything, which also perpetuates and feeds toxic masculinity and patriarchy. Especially in societies like ours.
The least he could have done was listen to his wife and refrain from sharing the story as well as remain considerate when talking about his significant other on the air.
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