Pakistani speed star eager to take wickets in the match against India. Photo: AFP
Karachi: Shaheen Afridi has no serious injury while he is eager to take wickets in the match against India.
Shaheen Shah Afridi has not been able to show his traditional performance in the World Cup so far, the bowling speed also seems a little low, some former cricketers expressed the opinion that maybe he is suffering from an injury, that’s why the performance was affected.
Team sources say that Shaheen is fully fit and ready to show his traditional good bowling in the match against India, his problems are not such as to prevent him from taking the field.
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Sources said that while fielding in the Asia Cup match against India in Colombo, Shaheen got a load on his finger, it got swollen, but now there is no pain at all. So the lack of speed will also be removed.
Team sources added that Shaheen is a little disappointed with the lack of wickets but it is only a matter of one match and he will return to his past form as soon as he starts getting success.
It should be remembered that Shaheen Afridi has given 276 runs in his last 5 ODIs and has taken 4 wickets at a heavy average of 69. He did not get any wicket in the World Cup warm-up match against Australia, but before that it rained in the Asia Cup. In the first match against India, he dismissed 4 players for 35 runs, including the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. .
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