shaheen afridi
The Pakistan cricket team may have had a shameful performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, but in the last match of the group stage, the team saw a brilliant bowling performance, due to which the Pak team was successful in saving its honor. The Pakistan team, which was already out of the Super 8 race, is playing its last match in Group A against the Ireland team, in which a brilliant bowling performance was seen from the team’s star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi. In the very first over of this match, Afridi has also got his name included in a special list in T20 International by taking 2 wickets.
Shaheen Afridi became the third bowler to do so in T20 International
In the match against Ireland, Pakistan’s team decided to bowl first after winning the toss, after which Shaheen Afridi gave the team a great start with the ball and took 2 wickets in the very first over of the match. With this, Shaheen has now become the third bowler in T20 International who has achieved the feat of taking 2 or more wickets in his first over three times. This list includes Ireland team bowler Peter Connell and New Zealand’s Tim Southee. At the same time, in terms of taking the most wickets in the first over in T20 International, Afridi has now overtaken Tim Southee and reached the third position in the list. Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets while giving 22 runs in his 4 overs bowling in the match against Ireland.
Bowlers who took the most wickets in the first over in T20 International
Bilal Khan (Oman) – 24 wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) – 18 wickets
Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) – 17 wickets
Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 16 wickets
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