After a successful outing in the recently-concluded Asia Cup and England series, The Babar Azam-led Pakistan team is now all-prepared for the highly-anticipated T20 World cup 2022. The star-studded team of Pakistan will undoubtedly enter the ICC tournament as one of the top contenders for the title.
The prominent Asian side featured in a couple of warm-ups game against England and Afghanistan this week in order to get into the groove. The performance of Pakistan in the warm-up games was unimpressive. The team faced an embarrassing defeat against England in the first game, while the Afghanistan encounter was called off due to rain earlier today.
Shaheen Shah Afridi’s yorker staggers Gurbaz upfront:
In the meantime, premier Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has become the topic of the day on social media after bowling a fiery spell against Afghanistan today (October 19). The left-arm pacer managed to scalp two crucial wickets in the initial overs itself in his mandatory four-over quote with a remarkable economy of 7.25.
The dismissal of in-form Afghanistan opener Rehmanullah Gurbaz remained the highlight of his spell. Afridi trapped the right-hand batter in front of the stumps with an unplayable yorker on the fourth delivery of the opening over. He was highly praised by Pakistani players and fans for producing a fine spell.
Gurbaz who was dismissed by Afridi was unable to walk back to the dressing room as he suffered an unfortunate injury after the ball collided with his left foot. The Afghanistan Cricket Board later officially confirmed that he was taken for the scans at the local hospital and the reports of the full-fledged scans are yet to be revealed.
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Shaheen Afridi is Back 💪🏻🦅 pic.twitter.com/JdBkNjkS45
— Ayesha 🇵🇰|| shanzay stan 💗 (@aasho56) October 19, 2022
Shaheen Shah Afridi, The spearhead of Pakistan’s bowling attack missed multiple international games for the national side in the last three months due to a knee injury. He underwent treatment for the same back in England and has certainly made a remarkable comeback through the warm-up games.
