If Pathans, Bengalis' extremism can be channelised positively, they can become world's best: Shoaib Akhtar

Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar hailed the Afghanistan cricket team after they emerged victorious against Pakistan in the T20 series.

The Afghanistan team scripted history by beating the Pakistan team by seven wickets to take the lead in the series 2-0 on Sunday. The final match is being played on Monday.

"Afghanistan is a formidable side. Their spinners are great. Mohammad Nabi bowled well. All their spinners are mysteries. With these mystery spinners, Afghanistan is going to be one of the best teams in the world cup to be held in India," noted Akhtar in a video shared on his YouTube channel," Akhtar said in a video shared on his YouTube channel.

What caught the attention of the people is his observation that if Bengalis and Pathans can channelise their energy they can become the world's best.

"I am very happy. If Pathans and Bengalis channelise their energy, they can become world's leading communities. Because both have extremism in them. If extremism can be channelised positively, with maturity, they can become world's best. I am very happy that our Pathan brothers have won," he added.

In the same video, he asked Pakistan's captain Shadab Khan to make a strong comeback to avoid a whitewash.

"Make a strong comeback. Make sure you give tough competition to Afghanistan. It might seem difficult but Afghanistan have played some tough cricket. It's nice to see them win against Pakistan for first time - and it make me happy that they did it with playing matured cricket. Afghanistan needs good news all the time. I get a lot of phone calls from Afghanistan friends. I want to come to Kabul," the former Pakistan cricketer said.