Shaheen Afridi picked a three-fer (Image Source: X/@ICC)
What’s the story
Pakistan cricket team pacer Shaheen Afridi bowled well against Sri Lanka in the T20I Tri-series final on Saturday.
The match held in Rawalpindi saw Afridi claim 3/18 from three overs. His effort helped Pakistan bowl the Lankans out for 114 in 19.1 overs.
The left-arm pacer dismissed Pathum Nissanka inside the powerplay before taking two more wickets in the 19th over.
A solid display with the ball
Afridi started on an ordinary note and conceded 15 runs in 1.3 overs. The 4th ball of his 2nd over saw Nissanka get bowled. He came back to bowl the 19th over and got Dasun Shanaka and Maheesh Theekshana, besides conceding 2 runs.
Afridi races to 334 wickets in T20s
With this spell of 3/18, Afridi has raced to a tally of 126 wickets from 96 matches at 21.26.
As per ESPNcricinfo, the star pacer picked up his 2nd three-fer against Sri Lanka. He owns 6 scalps from 2 matches at 7.66.
Overall in T20s, Afridi has racked up 334 wickets from 239 matches at 20.75.
