Pakistan’s top-order batter Sahibzada Farhan and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi reached main milestones in the course of the ongoing T20 World Cup conflict in opposition to america (USA), with Farhan finishing 1,000 T20I runs and Shaheen making his a hundredth T20I look.
The highest-order batter entered the fixture with 969 runs to his title in 40 innings, introduced up his thousandth run within the shortest worldwide format when he smashed Milind Kumar for an enormous six on the ultimate supply of the fifth over.
The proper-handed opener, because of this, turned solely the tenth Pakistani batter to attain 1000 runs in males’s T20Is, becoming a member of the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi.
Aside from this, Shaheen, who made his T20I debut in 2018 in opposition to West Indies, turned simply the seventh Pakistani to function in at the least 100 T20Is, becoming a member of the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik.
Babar has probably the most T20I appearances for Pakistan, that includes in 141 matches, 18 greater than second-placed Malik.
Forward of the aforementioned fixture, Shaheen was warmly congratulated by his teammates.
In an image, quick bowler Naseem Shah was seen presenting him with the commemorative cap forward of his landmark look for the nation within the shortest format.
“Shaheen Shah Afridi receives cap from fellow pacer Naseem Shah on finishing [100] T20I appearances,” PCB captioned the image.
In his 99 accomplished T20Is, Shaheen has picked up 129 wickets at a exceptional common of 21.34 with the assistance of two four-wicket hauls.
The 25-year-old additionally has 307 runs to his title within the shortest format, which got here at a modest common of 13.95.
