Shaheen Shah Afridi: World cricket saw the old Shaheen Afridi against England. That Shaheen Afridi who used to take wicket on the first ball. Used to take wickets in the first over. He used to destroy the opponent’s top order within the power play itself. After a long time, that incarnation of Shaheen Shah Afridi was seen in the match against England. When the England team set out to chase the target of 165 runs set by Pakistan, little did they know that the same bowler, who was sitting on the bench before the match against them, would make it difficult to even stand at the crease.
Shaheen took 3 wickets in 3 overs in the powerplay.
Shaheen Afridi, who entered the match with the dream of reaching the semi-finals, spoiled the start of the England team in the power play itself. Shaheen Afridi started doing this with the very first ball. He came to bowl the first over against England and took the wicket of Phil Salt on the very first ball. He already had the record of taking most wickets on the first ball in T20 International, now he has added one more wicket to it. He is also the bowler taking the most wickets in the first over in the T20 World Cup.
After this, when Shaheen Afridi came to bowl his second over, he took the big wicket of Jos Buttler. Shaheen also bowled his third over in the powerplay and dismissed Jacob Bethel in it. In this way, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets for 13 runs in his 3 overs bowled in the powerplay. These three wickets of England fell for only 35 runs in the powerplay, due to which their start seemed to be deteriorating badly.
Shaheen Afridi broke the world record
Along with taking 3 wickets in the powerplay against England, Shaheen Shah Afridi also broke the world record of Kagiso Rabada. He has now become the bowler taking the most wickets in the powerplay of the Men’s T20 World Cup. Before the match against England, Shaheen Afridi had 15 wickets in the powerplay. Kagiso Rabada had a world record of 16 wickets in his name. But after taking 3 wickets against England, Shaheen now has 18 wickets in the powerplay of the T20 World Cup.
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