Watch: Shaheen Afridi bowls a yorker to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, latter hospitalized
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shaheen Afridi (Image Credit: Twitter)
Pakistan and Afghanistan are locking horns in their second and last warm-up game before their 20-20 World Cup 2022 campaign begins. In the game, the Green Brigade bowled well but Afghanistan has staged a wonderful comeback as we speak. Meanwhile, during the game, Pakistan’s lead pacer, Shaheen Afridi bowled a toe crushing yorker to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Although, the toe crushing yorker is a metaphorical term used in cricket, the left-arm pacer literally did it.
In the third over of the game, he bowled an inswing yorker from over the wicket to Gurbaz. The latter was adjudged plumb lbw by the umpire. After this, the Afghanistan’s opening batter was finding difficult to stand on his feet. He was carried by his teammate on his back. The reports suggest that the right-hander was rushed to a hospital. The team management would be hoping for him to recover before their first Super 12 game against 2010 winners, England on October 22.
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Talking about the warm-up game, the Babar Azam-led side reduced their fellow Asian opponents at 82/6. Afridi took two wickets upfront, eking out the opening combination of Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai. Darwish Rasooli, who is making his maiden 20-20 World Cup appearance could only score three runs. Najibullah Zadran (6) failed to reach the double-digit mark while Azmatullah Omarzai (0) bagged a silver duck.
However, at the time of writing, skipper Mohammad Nabi and Usman Ghani stitched an unbeaten partnership of 72 runs for the seventh wicket. The former scored an unbeaten 51 off 37 balls including five fours and a six. On the other hand, Ghani scored 32 off 20 balls including five fours. For the 2009 winners, apart from Shaheen, Haris Rauf took two wickets while Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan shared one wicket each. At the time of writing, Pakistan’s innings is yet to start. The team would want their middle-order batters to get some runs under their belt going in to the tournament. They will start their campaign with a game against arch-rivals India.
