Shehzad apologizes after venting anger on wrong journalist post Pak's WC loss to India

Pakistan cricket team opener Ahmed Shehzad apologised after he vent his anger on the wrong journalist following the team's World Cup opening loss to arch-rivals India.

Many blog sites had reportedly been writing negatively about Pakistani players and while some coped up with the criticism they received following the defeat to India, others reacted strongly including opener Shehzad.

Shehzad fumed at Rashid Shakoor, the BBC Urdu journalist, in Christchurch, accusing him of regularly tweeting against him, Gulf News reported.

Recalling the incident, Shakoor claimed that he was shocked at the way Shehzad behaved with him, adding that the opener accused him of bias when he had done nothing, insisting that the cricketer went on arguing with him.

Shakoor claimed that after accusing and shouting at him, Shehzad went off, so then he tried to find out the cause of his anger and frustration and realised that it was aimed at Sajid Sadiq of Pakpassion.net.

Following the incident, some journalists decided to complain about Shehzad's behaviour to the team management and reports quickly circulated in Pakistan suggesting that the batsman would be sent home for his behaviour.

It was also reported that Shehzad had argued with the team's fielding coach, Grant Luden.

Shakoor said that soon Shehzad realised that he had shouted at the wrong journalist and came back to apologise, but added that the reports claiming that the opener is being asked to leave the World Cup is all wrong.