Pakistan’s bowling is considered very strong and it is commanded by Shaheen Shah Afridi, who creates trouble for the batsmen with his swing bowling.
Shaheen Shah Afridi is counted among the main bowlers of Pakistan (AFP Photo)
Shaheen Shah Afridi is the main bowler of Pakistan cricket team. Due to his presence, this team looks very strong. Although Shaheen did not make a strong start to the ICC T20 World Cup-2022 and he could not show amazing against India in the first match. But as he went on playing the match, he got into his rhythm. This left-arm bowler has once again explained why he is the main weapon of his team in the final against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Pakistan batted first in the final, but their batsmen could not hang a big score on the scoreboard and after playing full 20 overs, they could score only 137 runs for the loss of eight wickets. In such a situation, Pakistan needed to not give a good start to England and put them under pressure by taking initial shocks. Shaheen did not disappoint his team.
Hunted in the first over itself
England batsmen Jos Buttler and Alex Hales came out to start the innings. This is the same pair that did not allow Indian bowlers to take wickets in the second semi-final and scored 170 runs without losing any wicket. But Shaheen did not let this pair last long in the final. He already showed Hales the way to the pavilion on the last ball of the over.
Shaheen bowled an inswinger from the middle stump and Hales missed it. The ball hit his feet and hit the stumps. Hales could not play a big innings in this match and got out after scoring one run.
did this work before
However, this is not the first time that Shaheen has given success to Pakistan in the very first over. He has done this work many times. In this World Cup, he has already given success to his team three times in the first over. In the first semi-final match played on Saturday itself, Shaheen gave success to his team in the very first over. He lbw Finn Allen on the fourth ball of the first over. Even in the Super-12 match played against South Africa, Shaheen got Pakistan a wicket in the very first over. He sent Quinton Dickock to the pavilion.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com