Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali picked Shaheen Shah Afridi as a greater pacer than teenager Naseem Shah. Shaheen and Naseem have struggled to search out the groove that they as soon as loved earlier than sustaining their respective accidents. When requested about which pacer is healthier than the opposite, Basit admitted that Naseem has higher health for the time being, however Shaheen is healthier. “Naseem has higher health, and Shaheen is at the moment fighting it. However Shaheen is healthier than Naseem,” Basit mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Naseem sustained an damage throughout final 12 months’s Asia Cup throughout Pakistan’s Tremendous 4 conflict towards Bangladesh. Within the seventh over, Naseem tried to flick the ball again to cease a boundary in Shaheen’s over. Within the course of, he ended up hurting his arm and stayed on the bottom for a number of minutes whereas the physiotherapist tended to him.
Following the damage, he was out of motion for a few months and even went on to overlook the ODI World Cup 2023 in India. He returned to cricket after an extended damage layoff, and since then, he has struggled to hit his peak.
Within the T20 World Cup, he starred for Pakistan towards India with a mouthwatering spell within the first inning. Naseem eliminated Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, and Shivam Dube and ended the sport with figures of three/21 in 4 overs.
Regardless of his spectacular show with the ball towards arch-rival India, the 21-year-old, general, had a mediocre T20 World Cup marketing campaign.
As Pakistan’s marketing campaign concluded within the group stage, Naseem’s run within the T20 World Cup ended with simply 5 scalps in three matches.
Then again, Shaheen’s profession grew to become a topsy-turvy affair after he was appointed Pakistan’s T20I captain final 12 months.
Afridi, 24, was handed the T20I captaincy based mostly on his performances within the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL), the place he led the Lahore Qalandars to consecutive title wins in 2022 and 2023.
After being appointed in November 2023, Afridi had solely led Pakistan in a single T20I sequence towards New Zealand earlier this 12 months. In his debut captaincy sequence, Pakistan have been outplayed all through the sequence and ended up struggling a 4-1 defeat.
Following the conclusion of the sequence, Babar Azam was reinstated as Pakistan’s white-ball skipper. Since then, he had an underwhelming T20 World Cup marketing campaign and the Take a look at sequence towards Bangladesh.
Shaheen dismissed 5 batters in 4 matches throughout Pakistan’s disappointing marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup.
In Pakistan’s current historic Take a look at sequence defeat towards Bangladesh, Naseem (three) and Shaheen (two) mixed to select simply 5 wickets.
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