[WATCH]-Australia and Pakistan players exchange shirts, caps, and bats as the memorable and historic tour came to an end

[WATCH]-Australia and Pakistan players exchange shirts, caps, and bats as the memorable and historic tour came to an end

Shaheen Afridi and Aaron Finch

Yesterday night on April 5, as the historic tour of Australia to Pakistan came to an end, both the team exchanged shirts, caps and bats after the conclusion of the lone T20 at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch also received a special signed shirt from Pakistan’s pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Notably, Australia has toured Pakistan after 24 years to play three Tests, three ODIs and one T20I. The Kangaroos won the Test by 1-0 and also won the by T20I by 3 wickets. And for the first time after 20 years Pakistan won the ODI series against Australia 2-1.

The Green Shirts will now have to wait till June for the next international cricket and will take on West Indies for three ODIs in their soil. Aaron Finch and the other Aussie contracted players will now join their respective IPL franchises.

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“Everything that we do is with one eye at the T20 World Cup”- Australia skipper Aaron Finch

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Babar Azam and Aaron Finch

Australian captain Aaron Finch expressed his gratitude towards the Pakistani fans during their stay at the post-match presentation.

Finch reflected on the tour and said: “From the Australian cricket team and everyone at Cricket Australia, we’re very very grateful to have the opportunity to be the first Australian touring team for 24 years and we’re incredibly grateful for what the fans and the PCB have given us.”

“It’s been a wonderful tour, and we’ve loved every bit of it. To all the fans, thank you very much. You’ve made it an incredibly special tour for a lot of people.

The Aussie captain also mentioned the T20 World Cup in 2022 which will take place in Australia and said that everything they have done so far is to defend the T20 title.

“It certainly was a great experience. Everything that we do is with one eye at the T20 World Cup, and for 50-Over Cricket, one eye at the 50-over World Cup. There have been a lot of great performances on this tour”.

“We were happy with the score we restricted Pakistan to today, especially with the start they got. Babar and Rizwan have been such fantastic players at the top of the order for a long time, anytime you can keep them to under 180.”

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