Former Pakistan captain slams Shaheen Afridi; calls him impatient against Shubman Gill

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt recently took to his YouTube channel to analyze Indian versus Pakistan game on 10 September which has now been shifted to 11 September, on its reserve day as the game board abandoned on the first day due to heavy rains. 

The teams previously locked horns on 2 September at Kandy, which, unfortunately, got abandoned due to heavy downpour, and India had a good show by its middle order batsmen. Shaheen Afridi dismissed India’s 4 key batsmen, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja in Kandy.

However, he Got miserably bashed by Shubman Gill in the team’s second encounter at Colombo as he scored 31 runs against Afridi in three overs. Salman Butt praised Shubman Gill on his YouTube channel while criticised Shaheen Afridi for being too impatient as he tried too many things back to back, which resulted in India scoring more runs. 

Salman Butt criticised Shaheen Shah Afridi on his YouTube channel

“Shubman Gill played attacking cricket early on. Tell me one shot that he didn’t hit against the swinging ball. However, I feel Shaheen Afridi was very impatient. If you get hit, you need to understand that the batter has also come to play. If a quality batter plays a couple of good shots, it doesn’t mean that you didn’t bowl well. Shaheen tried a lot of things. He bowled a few short balls, then some full deliveries, and even went around the stumps. He tried five to six things in those three overs. He got hit because he was trying to take a wicket on every ball,” said Salman Butt. 

“Shubman Gill played elegant shots. He did not try to slog or play risky cricket. There was a lot of hype surrounding Pakistan’s bowling attack. To play in this fashion under such pressure shows that he is mentally very strong. This is great news for international cricket because a new batting superstar has arrived,” added Salman Butt.