Another milestone for Shaheen Shah Afridi
T20 World Cup 2021 is over but the memories of the tournament are still fresh in the minds of the cricket-crazed fans. Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of the memories which is going to live with the fans for a long time.
Pakistan’s team performance was talked about most. They remained unbeaten for five straight matches before being knocked out in SemiFinals against Australia. But before that, the national side defeated India, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Namibia and Scotland.
Pakistan team started their campaign against arch-rivals India. What happened in that match will go down in the history as one of the most dominating victories of Pakistan.
Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening bowling spell was the one that set the tone of the match in the favor of Pakistan. This was acknowledged by the world and now International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced his opening bowling spell as “Play of the Tournament.”
India was unbeaten against Pakistan in the World Cups but this time around the national team broke the jinx and that too in style after beating India by 10 wickets.
Shaheen Shah Afridi ended his bowling spell with the figures of 31/3. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were dismissed on the bowling of Shaheen Shah Afridi which has earned him the “Play of the Tournament” title by ICC.
