The Pakistan cricket staff beneath the management of Babar Azam suffered an enormous seven-wicket loss to India on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Pakistan’s staff had been dominating at one time limit after they had been batting at 154/2 however then Indian bowlers made a terrific comeback, proscribing Males in Inexperienced to a paltry whole of 191.
The Indian staff chased down the full inside 31 overs, with their assault managing to take simply three Indian wickets. Pakistan’s deadly bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi ended up choosing up two essential wickets of Shubman Gill and skipper Rohit, gifting away 36 runs off his six overs of a spell. Earlier than taking the wicket of Rohit, the Indian skipper did a variety of injury as India was nearer to the ending line.
When the Indian captain was batting within the 80s, former India coach Ravi Shastri, Jatin Sapru, and Irfan Pathan had been sitting within the commentary panel and that’s when Shastri began speaking about Shaheen.
“He is an efficient bowler, he can declare a wicket with the brand new ball. However it’s important to admit it, if Naseem Shah is just not enjoying and the standard of Pakistan’s spin bowling is like this, then Shaheen Shah Afridi is just not Wasim Akram nai hai! He is an efficient bowler. However there isn’t a want to fret much more than that. When it’s theek thak, it must be mentioned that it’s theek thak. It is vitally essential to have a mattress as a substitute of a chadha. This isn’t it! This earth won’t attain. (Shaheen is just not Wasim Akram. He is bowler, however there isn’t a want for us to hype him so extremely as properly. If a participant is solely participant, we should always prohibit our reward to saying he is an efficient participant. He is not a terrific participant, we have to admit that),” Shastri mentioned.
Aside from Rohit Sharma, India’s center order batter Shreyas Iyer additionally batted properly and ended up remaining unbeaten on 53 runs.