Shaheen Afridi has done a unique feat in T20. Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has achieved a unique feat in T20 cricket.
On Saturday, Pakistan beat New Zealand by 9 runs in the fifth T20 match to level the series 2-2, a match that was abandoned due to rain.
Playing first, Pakistan scored 178 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, in reply, the New Zealand team was bowled out for 169 runs in the last over.
In the New Zealand innings, Shaheen Shah Afridi once again took a wicket in the first over, bowling the Kiwi batsman Tom Blundell.
With this wicket, Shaheen Afridi achieved a unique feat in T20, he completed 50 wickets in the first over in T20, and he is the first bowler to cross this milestone.
India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second on the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in the first over in T20Is. He took a total of 43 wickets in the first over in his T20 career.
It should be noted that in the last T20 against New Zealand, Shaheen Afridi took 4 wickets by giving 30 runs and was declared the player of the match.
Read More: Shaheen called Rizwan the Bradman of T20
Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi called his fellow cricketer Mohammad Rizwan the Bradman of T20 cricket.
Mohammad Rizwan crossed an important milestone in the second match of the ongoing T20 series against New Zealand.
Rizwan became the fastest player to score 3000 runs in T20I, surpassing Babar Azam and Virat Kohli. He accomplished this feat in 79 innings.
Earlier, Babar Azam and Virat Kohli completed 3000 T20 runs in 81 and 81 innings respectively.
However, Shaheen Afridi congratulated Mohammad Rizwan for completing the fastest 3000 runs in T20I while stating on social media.
In his message, Shaheen called Rizwan the Bradman of T20 cricket and the Superman of Pakistan.
It should be noted that Sir Donald Bradman was a former Australian cricketer who is considered the greatest player in the history of cricket.
