SHAHEEN SIXES IN T20 BLAST - CREATES A RECORD OF FOUR SIXES IN A T20 GAME

SHAHEEN SHAH’S PERFORMANCE AS A BATSMAN:

Shaheen Shah Afridi, whenever you listen to this name, the first thing that pops into your mind is a fiery bowler who is a match-winner on his own because of his brilliant bowling in all formats of the game – especially Shaheen Shah Afridi the T29 bowler is in huge demand and is definitely one of the most valuable T20 players in this world.

To add more value to his CV, Shaheen Shah Afridi has now become the talk of the town because of his batting as he has been performing lately with the bat in hand for his franchise in the Pakistan Super League and Vitality Blast, Lahore Qalandars and Nottinghamshire County Team respectively. Shaheen Shah Afridi has also played some cameos down the order for the Pakistan Team as well.

The left-arm Pakistani pacer, Shaheen Shah Afridi has once again shown his batting skills as he pumped Michael Bracewell for four sixes in an over that too in a T20 game in the Vitality Blast 2023 season.

SHAHEEN SHAH WHO CAME TO BAT AT NUMBER 9, SCORED A BRILLIANT KNCOK OF 29 RUNS IN JUST 11 BALS WHICH WASN’T ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME FOR HIS TEAM BUT HE ONCE AGAIN SHOWED HIS BLITZ.

IN HIS QUOTA OF FOUR OVERS, SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI GAVE AWAY 45 RUNS, HE JUST PICKED UP ONE WICKET IN THE GAME WITH AN ECONOMY RATE OF 11.25 RUNS.

SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI WAS HIT FOR 10 BOUNDARIES IN HIS QUOTA OF FOUR OVERS.

Now Shaheen Shah Afridi, playing in Vitality Blast 2023 hasn’t been up to the mark in his bowling but he started to perform with the bat consistently enough and has also made a record to his name last night when he smashed four sixes to a bowler in the Vitality Blast 2023 and now features in the elite list of players who have scored 4 sixes in an over in T20 cricket.

UMAR AKMAL	5 SIXES
SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI	4 SIXES

UMAR AKMAL HAS ONCE SCIRED 5 SIXES IN AN OVER, SHAHEEN SHAH IS SECOND IN THE LIST WITH 4 SIXES ALONG WITH OTHER PAKISTANI BATTERS LIKE ASIF ALI, SARFARAZ AHMED, ETC.

Some fans believe that they now have the successor of Shahid Afridi and in a recent interview, Shaheen Shah Afridi revealed that that the legendary all-rounder of Pakistan, Shahid Afridi has also helped him in this regard and has learned many things from his experience to become a better striker of the ball.

‘’ Yeah there has been an impact from Lala (Shahid Afridi), he has worked on my bat swing – working with him was really good and I have learned a lot from him ‘’, he said in an interview.

When we see Shaheen Shah Afridi improving as a batsman, this definitely adds value to the Pakistan team but the main cause of concern here is that this might affect his bowling as we have seen in the past few months that his bowling, especially in death overs, isn’t up to the mark and cricket fans aren’t happy from the premium Pakistani pacer to covert his status as an all-rounder rather than the strike bowler of the Pakistan team.

The all-rounder tag was more prominent with Shaheen Shah Afridi when he promoted himself in the Pakistan Super League and played two exceptional innings for his team – he scored a fifty in the Pakistan Super League when he batted in the middle order and scored an exceptional knock of 44 runs in the final of the tournament to win the premium Pakistani T20 tournament for his team.

The left-arm Pakistani pacer has also said in his previous interview that he loves his batting from the start of his career and now I have worked on it which has also paid off but he has also shown determination that this will not affect his bowling and he will work hard on both aspects of the game to win matches for his team.

‘’ My priority is still to be a bowler but I want to contribute with the bat as well for my team – if not with the bat, then in the field ‘’, he further added.

Even though the premium Pakistani pacer is happy to contribute to his team with the bat and doesn’t feels that this craze for his batting is affecting his bowling performances but the stats say otherwise, which is as follows;

IN HIS LAST 4 MATCHES OF THE VITALITY BLAST, HE HAS BOWLED A QUOTA OF 4 OVERS – SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI HAS GIVEN AWAY 40 RUNS 3 OUT OF 4 TIMES IN HIS BOWLING QUOTA.

EVEN THOUGH HE IS BOWLING QUITE WELL WITH THE NEW BALL BUT HE IS GOING AT AROUND 10 RUNS PER OVER IN THE RECENT VITALITY BLAST 2023 SEASON AND HASN’T PICKED UP ENOUGH WICKETS AS WELL.