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Afridi's thumbs down for cheerleaders

Cheerleaders may have added a dash of glitz to the Indian Premier League but Shahid Afridi sees them as a distraction

Cheerleaders may have added a dash of glitz to the Indian Premier League but Shahid Afridi sees them as a distraction. "The girls in skimpy dresses should be removed from the ground as this is distracting the batsman," he told The News, a Pakistan daily. "Cricket itself is an entertainment. It does not require such cheerleaders to entertain."

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo