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[Watch] Babar Azam Hugs Shaheen Afridi As Pacer Bags Vintage First-Over Wicket

Aashay Chopade

Shaheen Afridi after wicket vs SA (Source:@gavaskar_theman/X.com)Shaheen Afridi after wicket vs SA (Source:@gavaskar_theman/X.com)

Shaheen Afridi is known for his first-over wickets and against right-handers he becomes even more dangerous. So, when Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Duseen walked out to the middle to open the batting for South Africa in the first T20I, Shaheen would have hoped to create magic straightaway and he has done it in style.

On the third delivery of the first over, Rassie van der Dussen was cleaned up for a golden duck as he dragged on a full delivery onto his stumps. It was a full delivery, outside off and Rassie tried to push it towards the off side. He only managed an inside edge though and the ball shattered the timber, resulting in great joy for the visitors.

Shaheen Afridi Makes Strong start On His Comeback

Babar Azam, another superstar in the Pakistan's lineup also looked pretty happy and gave nice passionate high-five to the tall pacer. Both of them are making a comeback into the T20I side after missing the Zimbabwe series and one of them has already made an impact.

Shaheen Afridi gave just four runs in the first over and then Abrar Ahmed carried that momentum and got the better of dangerous Matthew Breetzke in the third over to reduce the home team to 10 for 2. This is the first of the three-match T20I series, and Pakistan would be hoping to start the tour with a bang, after getting whitewashed by Australia in format before the Zimbabwe series.