Former Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis took a dig at his fast bowlers in the rain-interrupted match of Super 4 against India, saying that Shaheen Afridi did not look good with the new ball and neither did any of the fast bowlers have good form in the early stages. Used short balls in the overs. Shaheen Afridi was targeted by Shubman & Rohit.
The match between India and Pakistan played on 10 September was washed out due to rain, however, ACC has declared a reserve day for this match which will be played on 11 September. On 10 September, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl in an attempt to repeat what happened in the first match, a decision which Rohit Sharma proved wrong by hitting a six off Shaheen Shah Afridi in the very first over.
Shaheen Afridi was totally off-color with the new ball- Waqar Younis
The match started exactly opposite to what Pakistan had expected. Rohit and Shubman Gill batted brilliantly, adding more than 100 runs for the first wicket and thrashing the Pakistani bowling trio. Seeing his world-class bowlers failing like this, veteran bowler Younis Khan spoke harshly while talking to Star Sports.
“Shaheen Afridi was totally off-color with the new ball. Nobody in the Pakistan team line-up tried to bowl the short ball and the bouncers. The swing as there – Naseem showed it from the other end,” said Waqar Younis.
“If you bowl in the right areas, you will trouble the batters. But Shaheen has to think hard, even in the previous match, although he bowled a brilliant 10 overs, he was of color and tried too hard today and gave away easy boundaries,” he added.
Tough day for Pakistani bowlers
Naseem Shah was the only bowler who troubled the Indian opener, Naseem was the only bowler who gave runs at an economy of less than 5. Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Shadab Khan at the score of 56 in the 17th over and Shubman Gill was dismissed by Shaheen Afridi at the score of 58 in the 18th over. Shaheen Afridi took his revenge as earlier he was bashed all around the park.
Both the openers had pushed the Pakistani team on the back foot. Two new batsmen, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are present at the crease and both will take the Indian innings forward on the 11th of September as very rarely do we see a reserve day in the Asia Cup championship