Shaheen Afridi‘s perfection in opposition to got here to the fore within the Cricket World Cup because the left-arm pacer returned with figures of three/23 in opposition to Bangladesh in a vital match for Pakistan in Kolkata. Courtesy the beginning that Shaheen Afridi gave, with two wickets within the first three overs of Bangladesh innings, Pakistan restricted Bangladesh simply 204 in what’s a must-win match for the Babar Azam-led group. The Pakistan pacer additionally ompleted 100 ODI wickets on Tuesday, changing into the quickest pacer to take action.

Shaheen Afridi’s wickets included Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossein Shanto and Mahmadullah. Shaheen has achieved the milestone in simply 51 matches, making him the quickest pacer to achieve a century of wickets. In that facet, this can be a world document. In 51 ODIs, Shaheen has 102 wickets at a median of twenty-two.78, with the very best bowling figures of 6/35. Shaheen can be the quickest Pakistan bowler to achieve the mark, surpassing Saqlain Mushtaq (53 ODIs)

But general, Shaheen is the third-fastest bowler in ODIs to achieve 100 wickets, behind Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichanne (42 matches) and Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (44 matches).

Shaheen is having a reasonably stable World Cup to this point. In seven matches, he has taken 16 wickets at a median of 19.75, with the very best bowling figures of 5/54. With Australia’s Adam Zampa, he’s the joint-highest wicket-taker within the WC presently.

Coming to the match, Bangladesh elected to bat first. Knocks from Mahmudullah (56 in 70 balls, with six fours and a six), Litton Das (45 in 64 balls, with six fours) and skipper Shakib al Hasan (43 in 64 balls, with 4 boundaries) got here in helpful as Bangladesh was bundled out for 204 in 45.1 overs.

Besides Shaheen, Mohammed Waseem Jr (3/31) and Haris Rauf (2/36) additionally delivered stable spells with the ball. Iftikhar Ahmed and Usama Mir additionally obtained one wicket.

Now, Bangladesh, out of the event with one win in six matches, must defend 205. Pakistan might want to chase down this whole to safe their third win in seven matches and maintain their hopes for the semis alive.

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