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Shaheen Afridi Creates History; 1st Pakistan Bowler To Pick 100 Wickets In All Formats

Aashay Chopade

Shaheen Afridi for Pakistan (Source:@CricCrazyJohns/X.com)Shaheen Afridi for Pakistan (Source:@CricCrazyJohns/X.com)

Shaheen Afridi has been leading Pakistan's bowling attack for a long time now. He is just 24 years old but is already one of the greats of Pakistan cricket, and now in in the first T20I between Pakistan and South Africa, the pacer became the first cricketer from his country to bag 100 wickets in all three formats.

Shaheen Afridi picked three wickets in his four overs and displayed great skills both with new ball and at the death. He grabbed a wicket of Rassie van der Dussen initially and then removed David Miller and Nqabayomzi Peter, the final wicket becoming his 100th scalp in T20Is. He became the third Pakistan bowler after Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan to pick 100 wickets in the format, but no Pakistan cricketer has grabbed 100 wickets in all three formats - Test, ODI and T20Is.

Shaheen Afridi Makes Strong Comeback For Pakistan

Shaheen Afridi has 116 wickets in 31 Tests so far while in 56 ODIs, he has 112 wickets. The left-arm seamer who has even led Pakistan in the shortest format has faced lot of criticism in recent times due to his indifferent form. However, he still remains a potent bowler and has made a strong comeback after taking rest for the Zimbabwe tour.

Talking about the first T20I, despite Shaheen Afridi's three-fer on comeback, South Africa managed to score 183 courtesy a brilliant knock of 82 by David Miller and late blitz of 48 by George Linde.