KARACHI: Pakistan cricket great Wasim Akram was heckled during a live TV show after a cricket match between India and Australia on Sunday.
The former captain was commenting on Virat Kohli's innings When he was stopped by some unknown people from speaking.
Sitting in studio at a different location, the host of the TV show appeared clueless about the situation and expressed hope Wasim Akram was fine.
TV footage showed visibly perturbed Akram rising from his seat as intruders approached him. Vikrant Gupta, sports editor of the Aaj Tak TV channel, tweeted: "Friends no need to panic. Nothing wrong with Wasim Akram - a few people just objected to the cameras there".
"That's it About last night, nothing happened to Wasim Akram and nobody even touched him. A drunkard created scene seeing live cameras for attention," he said.
Later, Wasim Akram also endorsed Gupta's version of the incident saying it took place in Mumbai and was not directed at him. The former fast bowler thanked his fans for the concern they showed after the footage of episode emerged.
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