2024-03-12 13:49:25
Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain of Lahore Qalandars scored a storming fifty in the Pakistan Super League today. However, this young man did not celebrate after fifty. After the 28-ball fifty, he held the bat in one hand and raised one finger of the other hand in front of his lips. Which means shut up!
Afridi asking to shut up? Of course, you don’t have to go far to get the answer to this question. The answer was found in the course of events one match ago. Those who know the matter understood it easily. Wasim Akram! Yes, the Lahore skipper hinted at the former Pakistan captain to keep quiet.
Akram spoke about Afridi’s batting in Karachi Kings-Lahore Qalandars match of PSL on Saturday. Afridi got out for 1 run after playing 3 balls on that day. However, Sikandar Raja and David were still waiting for visas. Later they both added 46 runs off 25 balls. Lahore lost by 3 wickets that day.
Criticizing Afridi’s decision after the match, Akram said in the program of ‘A Sports’, ‘Shahin needs to be told that he has not become an all-rounder yet. The team has world class power hitters, whose job it is to get runs in the last 3 overs. It is not that you have to bat first if you are the captain.’
At the end Akram said, ‘Understand the situation, see if there is a better hitter than you in the dugout. If Shaheen had not gone down earlier, Lahore would have scored 190 runs.
The day after the former Pakistan captain’s comments, Lahore faced Quetta Gladiators at the Karachi Stadium. On this day too, Afridi batted at five after waiting for Raja and visas. And in this match he played 55 innings with 34 balls. However, Lahore could not win the match on Sunday night.
Chasing Lahore 166 for 4, Quetta needed 4 runs off the last ball. Mohammad Wasim hit a six off Afridi to win the match for Quetta. With this, Afridi’s team has lost eight out of 10 matches this season. The team that has won the title twice is now leaving the league stage.
Akram has not given up on Afridi even today. Today, about bowling, ‘When Shaheen came to bowl, the match was under the control of his team. But an experienced bowler like Shaheen, who has been leading Pakistan for over five years, bowled a full-length delivery. Even if it hits the edge of the batsman’s bat, it can become four.