Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan  responded to the critics after receiving ‘hate’ over a blurred picture of his wife. “I am her mate not her master,” said Irfan as he slammed those pointing fingers at him for not allowing his wife to reveal her face on social media. The cricketer took to Twitter to share a sharp message.

Irfan’s wife Safa Baig recently shared a picture of herself, Irfan, and their son Imran’s picture on Instagram from her son’s official account. A section of users didn’t like the fact that Safa had chosen to blur her face in the picture and criticised the former Indian cricketer.

Irfan took to Twitter to respond and clarified that his wife chose to blur her face on her own. “This picture is posted by my queen from my son’s account. We are getting lot of hate. Let me post this here as well. She blurred this pic by her choice. And Yes,I’m her mate not her master;). #herlifeherchoice,” he wrote on Twitter while sharing the same picture.

Irfan remains quite active on social media and often shares his views on cricket and other burning topics around the globe. The former cricketer had recently slammed Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Twitter after the actress took a dig at him over his tweet supporting Palestine in the Israel-Palestine conflict that saw violence on both sides.

Pathan had slammed Kangana for spreading ‘hate’ and asserted that his tweets are meant for humanity. The former all-rounder, who retired from cricket in January 2020 continues to remain associated with the game as a commentator and an expert. He played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20Is in his international career.

Pathan amassed 1105, 1544, and 172 runs in the three formats respectively while also picking up a total of 301 wickets across formats. His last appearance for India came in a T20I against South Africa in 2012.