Pakistan batter Sahibzada Farhan sparked online ridicule by choosing Ahmed Shehzad over cricketing legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in a questionnaire. Farhan cited Shehzad as an inspiration for his own cricket journey. Former Pakistan cricketers Basit Ali and Kamran Akmal expressed disbelief and apologized for Farhan's controversial selection.