Despite Pakistan’s harsh World Cup loss in the semi-final match against India, Pakistanis still greeted their captain, Shahid Afridi, like a champion on his return. But then after being a great leader and sportsman in India, he said something in an interview that took a bit of the shine off the golden boy: it seemed like he might have characterised his Indian hosts as stingy and unwelcoming.

In the NDTV video interview below, he has his chance to set the record straight.