Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi in motion towards India in T20 World Cup
Pakistan made an excellent begin to the excessive voltage match towards India courtesy a fiery opening spell from left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi. The 21-year-old pacer produced two excellent deliveries to take away the in-form Indian opening duo of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Afridi ran in with pace and bowled an correct yorker on the fourth supply of the primary over of the innings to entice Rohit in entrance of the wicket. It was a golden duck for the veteran India opener as he didn’t open his account and was dismissed on the very first supply he confronted.
ICC posted the video of the dismissal on it is official Instagram deal with with the caption, “First blood Pakistan. Shaheen Afridi traps Rohit Sharma plumb in front of his stumps for a duck.”
Watch: Shaheen Afridi dismisses Rohit Sharma
Afridi wasn’t achieved as he got here again to ship a knockout blow to KL Rahul, bowling an ideal in-swinger at a tempo of greater than 140 kmph to rattle the right-handed batter’s stumps. It was the primary supply of the third over and Rahul had no reply to the tempo and motion generated by the younger Pakistani paceman. He was dismissed for 3 runs off 8 deliveries.
ICC posted the video of that dismissal to and captioned it, “Shaheen Afridi is on FIRE. KL Rahul is sent packing after an absolute beauty from the left-arm seamer.”
Watch: Shaheen Afridi dismisses KL Rahul
Indian captain Virat Kohli has since steadied the ship for India regardless of the lack of the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav, which left India on 31/3. Kohli and Rishabh Pant have began a rearguard for the Indians and the duo should bat deep within the innings to make sure India posts a aggressive whole.
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Earlier, Pakistan captain Babar Azam gained the toss and elected to bowl.
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