WATCH: Shaheen Afridi’s DEADLY yorker sends Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz to hospital during PAK vs AFG warm-up match
Shaheen Afridi's DEADLY yorker sends Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz to ho
Shaheen Afridi, Pakistan’s sensational spearhead, has made a much-awaited comeback from a knee injury and has already started showing how he can trouble the opposition. During the warm-up match between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Wednesday [October 19] at the Gabba Brisbane, a brutal Shaheen’s toe-crushing yorker sent Afghan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz to the hospital.
The fuller ball was swinging and struck Gurbaz’s left foot. The umpire raised his finger, but the batter didn’t care, as he was already on the ground in pain. The game was halted for a while as the physios checked Gurbaz. Gurbaz couldn’t walk, so he was carried off by a substitute fielder to the hospital for scans.
Watch Shaheen Afridi’s toe-crushing yorker below:
In the match, Shaheen ended up scalping the wickets of Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai. Afgans meanwhile are keeping their finger crossed about the state of their right-handed wicketkeeper-batter, Gurbaz.
Pakistan vs Afghanistn match recap
Meanwhile, Afghanistan was tethering at 82/6 before skipper Mohammad Nabi‘s unbeaten 51-run knock guided Afghanistan to 154/5 in 20 overs. Nabi also stitched a 72-run stand with Usman Ghani. Pakistan, in response, could score only 19/0 in 2.2 overs before rain suspended the match.
This match was also Pakistan’s second and last warm-up match. In the first one, Babar Azam‘s men faced a six-wicket loss to England. Shaheen Afridi didn’t get a wicket in that match.
Afghanistan will play their first Super 12 match against England on Saturday [October 23] at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Shaheen, who also missed the Asia Cup 2022, appears fully fit; he will be raring to go against Rohit Sharma-led India when the arch-rivals will clash at the packed Melbourne Cricket Ground on October 22.
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