<p>Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi was saved of much embarrassment <br />when a fan stepped in to pay for his meal at a fast food joint in Auckland after the flamboyant cricketer realised that he was not carrying local currency.<br /><br />The Pakistan team is in New Zealand for a limited-overs series <br /><br />starting January 15. Afridi and teammate Ahmed Shehzad had gone to buy meals at a McDonald's restaurant inside the Auckland airport on Monday.<br /><br />The players, however, were carrying US dollars instead of local currency with them. And after the restaurant did not accept the money offered by the them, a fan -- Waqas Naveed -- paid Afridi's bill.<br /><br />Afridi told the Pakistani media that he and Shehzad had forgotten to change their US dollars into New Zealand currency before going to the restaurant.<br /><br />"There was this young man behind us in the line and he offered to pay for us insisting it was his way of welcoming us to New Zealand," Afridi said.<br /><br />But the all-rounder said he was disappointed that the entire episode was recorded by someone in the restaurant and the media had been playing it.</p>.<p><br />"Had us dollars which they wasent taking at nz airport:) but glad 1nce again our media entertaining all of u," he tweeted.<br /><br />The fan, Waqas, said he paid the bill to welcome the players as he was a big fan of the Pakistan team<br /><br />But for Afridi, the minor incident became another gaffe as just before leaving for New Zealand, he was embroiled in a spat with the media during the training camp in Lahore.<br /><br />Afridi had given a dismissive reply to a reporter and this snowballed into a controversy with the media protesting at the Gaddafi stadium and demanding an apology.<br /><br />Later Afridi didn't help matters by attending a function in Karachi on the eve of his team's departure and saying tongue in cheek that the Karachi media loved him. </p>
<p>Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi was saved of much embarrassment <br />when a fan stepped in to pay for his meal at a fast food joint in Auckland after the flamboyant cricketer realised that he was not carrying local currency.<br /><br />The Pakistan team is in New Zealand for a limited-overs series <br /><br />starting January 15. Afridi and teammate Ahmed Shehzad had gone to buy meals at a McDonald's restaurant inside the Auckland airport on Monday.<br /><br />The players, however, were carrying US dollars instead of local currency with them. And after the restaurant did not accept the money offered by the them, a fan -- Waqas Naveed -- paid Afridi's bill.<br /><br />Afridi told the Pakistani media that he and Shehzad had forgotten to change their US dollars into New Zealand currency before going to the restaurant.<br /><br />"There was this young man behind us in the line and he offered to pay for us insisting it was his way of welcoming us to New Zealand," Afridi said.<br /><br />But the all-rounder said he was disappointed that the entire episode was recorded by someone in the restaurant and the media had been playing it.</p>.<p><br />"Had us dollars which they wasent taking at nz airport:) but glad 1nce again our media entertaining all of u," he tweeted.<br /><br />The fan, Waqas, said he paid the bill to welcome the players as he was a big fan of the Pakistan team<br /><br />But for Afridi, the minor incident became another gaffe as just before leaving for New Zealand, he was embroiled in a spat with the media during the training camp in Lahore.<br /><br />Afridi had given a dismissive reply to a reporter and this snowballed into a controversy with the media protesting at the Gaddafi stadium and demanding an apology.<br /><br />Later Afridi didn't help matters by attending a function in Karachi on the eve of his team's departure and saying tongue in cheek that the Karachi media loved him. </p>