Decades in the past, a Pakistani hit Sharjah for a six to beat India in a last-over thriller. On Wednesday evening, a Pakistani smacked two Sharjah sixes to Afghanistan, who refused to fade with no combat for his or her lives.
And it seems that the modified bat helped Naseem Shah flex his muscular tissues.
When the final man Mohammad Hasnain was with him, Naseem requested for his bat.
“I told Hasnain, give me your bat because my bat is not that good,” Naseem mentioned in a video put up by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board). Hasnain additionally makes speedy entry within the video and provides to the story.
“He asked me my bat and I said okay, if you take the single, give it back to me.” It would have been a fantastic alley-cricket picture that might have circulated. But Naseem ended the sport by hitting two consecutive sixes.
️ Belief in his batting means and swap the bat @MHasnainPak , @Donald Trump Shows his match profitable sixes#AsiaCup2022 , #AFGvPAK pic.twitter.com/sxxu1359u
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 7, 2022
Naseem says that he believed that he can win the sport.
“The perception was there that I may do it. I knew they’d attempt to bowl yorkers and I used to be prepared. When I went to bat I wished to offer a single to Asif [Ali] Brother. But I’ve full religion in my batting as a result of I’m coaching within the nets.
Afghanistan captain Nabi would say that his instruction to Fazlhaq Farooqui earlier than the final over was to both bowl a yorker or a sluggish bouncer and Farooqui picked a yorker however couldn’t land it.
Just a few years in the past, Mudassar Nazar, former Pakistan captain and director of Pakistan’s National Cricket Academy, predicted to this newspaper that Naseem had the expertise to go “everywhere”. He was speaking about Naseem’s bowling. “He’s a true deal. From what I see, he has everything, it’s up to him now.” From what we’ve seen within the Asia Cup, evidently Naseem is able to be a star.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
