Pakistan’s star left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi has opened up on former captain Shahid Afridi’s phrases of encouragement forward of the staff’s T20 World Cup conflict in opposition to India final 12 months. Shaheen mentioned that since he had solely performed one match in opposition to the arch-rivals previous to the World Cup conflict in Dubai, he sought Afridi’s recommendation.
There was immense strain on Pakistan heading into the marquee match of the ICC occasion as they’d by no means crushed India in a World Cup recreation earlier than (T20 or 50 over model). India went in as favorites with a facet full of famous person batters like skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Shaheen, nevertheless, dismissed all three of them as Pakistan thrashed India by 10 wickets.
Chatting with Geo Tremendous on Tuesday, the 22-year-old revealed the recommendation Afridi gave him and mentioned:
“After we had that match in opposition to India within the T20 World Cup, I requested Lala to have a phrase with me. As a result of earlier than that I performed only one match in opposition to India, that too in Asia Cup, with was in One-Day format. And this was a T20 recreation and we by no means received a World Cup recreation in opposition to India. So I assumed that this was an enormous alternative for me. So I known as Lala for some suggestions.”
The left-arm seamer added concerning the treasured dialog:
“I requested him, ‘What completely different do I do immediately?’. He gave me superb recommendation and instructed, ‘Do one thing in order that your entire stadium notices solely Shaheen’ and provides your one hundred pc in bowling and fielding. I simply did that and we acquired the outcomes.”
Pakistan fielded first after successful the toss and restricted India to 151 for 7. The openers then chased down the goal in 17.5 overs.
Shaheen Afridi surprised India with early wickets of Rohit, Rahul
The Pakistan left-arm seamer trapped Rohit for a golden duck with a yorker-length supply that slanted in and caught the Indian batter proper in entrance of the stumps. In his subsequent over, he cleaned up Rahul with a pointy supply that beat him for tempo.
The quick bowler returned to finish Kohli’s innings on 57, forcing him to high edge a slower bouncer. The left-armer ended with figures of three for 31.
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