Tag: Naseem Shah sixes

  • Afghan players had to take sleeping pills after Pakistan defeat

    Afghan players had to take sleeping pills after Pakistan defeat

    Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi has revealed that the team took sleeping pills after losing Wednesday’s high stakes game to Pakistan.

    Afghanistan started Asia Cup 2022 with back to back wins in group stage against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. However, in the Super Four stage, they lost all their matches.

    After the toss against India on Thursday, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi revealed that after losing to Pakistan, his team mates left the ground right after the match. They had green tea and took sleeping pills after reaching the hotel.

    “Left the ground straight after the team talk, had green tea, and then took some sleeping pills! [laughs] All round the boys have played really well,” Nabi said after winning the toss against India on Thrusday.

    Afghanistan came within a hair’s breadth of victory on the September 7 game, picking up 9 of Pakistan’s wickets in 19 overs. Pumped up for the win, the Afghan players watched the game slip out of their hands as Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah hit two back to back maximums in the first two balls of the last over and took the match away from them.

    Read more: ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    After losing to Pakistan, Afghanistan lost their chance to qualify for the Asia Cup 2022 final.

    They faced India the very next day and were defeated by 101 runs with Kohli’s stellar knock of 122 on 61.

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved his career best figures of 5-4 in his four over spell against Afghanistan.

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    Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved his career best figures of 5-4 in his four over spell against Afghanistan.

  • ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    ‘People have forgotten that I am also a bowler’: Naseem Shah

    At the very end of the nail biting match between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Naseem Shah smashed two sixes on two balls and powered Pakistan into final of Asia Cup 2022 against Sri Lanka on September 11. In the process, he sealed his place in history too.

    At the post match celebrations, an ecstatic Naseem Shah spoke with presenter Ravi Shastri and said that he was confident of hitting the winning runs since he had practiced a lot.

    “There was full confidence that we can win this match. We practice in the net, so we were confident that we would achieve the target,” said Naseem.

    He further added, “I knew the bowler would try to go for a yorker and was confident I could hit sixes. So, I tried and it paid off.”

    After Asif Ali’s dismissal, Naseem Shah went to Mohammad Husnain to change the bat and then won the seemingly lost match for Pakistan.

    The Pakistani pacer went on to say that after hitting those two sixes, people have forgotten that he is a bowler.

    Pakistan skipper Babar Azam praised Naseem Shah’s performance and said that the maximums reminded him of Javed Miandad’s famous six against India in Asia cup 1986 final.