They possess great skills, Shahid Afridi praises four Pakistani bowlers

Shahid Afridi: “I don’t think in any cricket team in the world, nobody has such a strong bowling line-up. All our four fast bowlers have a lot of skill”

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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has praised Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Amir, saying all four fast bowlers have “a lot of skill”.

Shahid also believes that Pakistan has the strongest bowlers in the world because all the speedsters are talented players who can win matches.

“I don’t think in any cricket team in the world, nobody has such a strong bowling line-up. All four of our fast bowlers have a lot of skill,” Afridi was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.

All four players recently featured in the 2024 T20 World Cup, with Amir taking seven wickets in four matches at an average of 10.28 and an economy rate of 4.50.

Rauf also took seven wickets in four matches, but at an average of 14.42 and an economy rate of 6.73.

Naseem claimed five wickets in three matches at an average of 14.20 and an economy rate of 5.91.

Afridi finished with five wickets in four matches, at an average of 21 and an economy rate of 6.56.

Pakistan started the match with two consecutive defeats against the United States and India, but then bounced back by beating Canada and Ireland.

Despite winning those two matches, the men in green failed to progress to the Super Eights.

Pakistan squad for 2024 T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (capt), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

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