Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan pace it right
Updated On: 03 September, 2023 08:54 AM IST | Kandy | R Kaushik
Shaheen Shah Afridi-led attack claims all 10 wickets as arch-rivals bowl out India for 266 in 48.5 overs before game gets called off due to rain at Kandy
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Shaheen Shah Afridi (centre) celebrates the wicket of India’s Virat Kohli at Pallekele, Kandy, on Saturday. Pic/AFP
In the lead-up to the Asia Cup, the Pakistani pace attack was the cynosure of all eyes. There was Shaheen Shah Afridi, the tall left-armer who is a wonderful exponent of swing bowling, his ability to swing the ball into the right-hander at pace making him a particularly dangerous proposition. There was Naseem Shah, slightly round-armish and therefore a skiddy proposition who could make the ball swing prodigiously. And then there was Haris Rauf, the quickest of the lot with a mean bouncer and a searing yorker.
Sensational Shaheen
Their glamour quotient was on full view at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on a frustratingly stop-start Saturday. The match was finally called off at 9:50 pm local time due to rain. Afridi was sensational with the new ball and Naseem bowled superbly without commensurate success until late in the innings; Rauf was a touch off-colour but was still good enough to hustle the Indians and was rewarded with three wickets. Between them, the trio accounted for all 10 Indian wickets, only the second time in ODI history that Pakistan’s quicks had dismissed all 10 Indian batsmen (the first was at the Champions Trophy in Birmingham in 2004) as Rohit Sharma & Co were bowled out for 266 in 48.5 overs.
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