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Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi achieved an important achievement in the 45th match of T-20 World Cup 2026. In fact, he became the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan in T-20 International. In the match against England, he took 4 wickets while giving 30 runs. Despite this, Pakistan had to face defeat by 2 wickets in the match. Let’s take a look at his statistics.
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Afridi’s bowling was excellent
Afridi opened the account of wickets by dismissing Phil Salt (0) in the very first over of England’s innings. He pushed the opposition team on the backfoot by dismissing Jos Buttler (2) in his second over and Jacob Bethel (8) in his third over. Afridi, who came to bowl his first 3 overs during the powerplay, bowled his last over at the end of the match. He bowled Harry Brook (100) in his last over.
Afridi left Rauf behind in terms of wickets
Afridi left Haris Rauf behind in terms of wickets. Let us tell you that Rauf has taken 133 wickets in 94 matches with an average of 21.10 and economy rate of 8.38. Afridi is now the world’s 11th highest wicket taker (135) in T20 Internationals. Apart from these, Shadab Khan is the only Pakistani bowler who has taken more than 100 wickets in this format.
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