Previous Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who acted as Pakistan Cricket Board chairman of selectors till just recently, has actually become individual coach of pacer and prospective son-in-law Shaheen Shah Afridi ahead of next week’s Pakistan Super League 2023. A video has actually now emerged which reveals Afridi, who has the record for striking most 6s in ODI cricket– 351– assisting Shaheen Afridi in getting his strategy right to strike 6s.
Shaheen, who’s main task to use up the brand-new ball for Pakistan, is polishing his batting abilities as he intends to resurgence to expert cricket in the lead approximately the 2023 ODI World Cup later on this year. He has actually run out action from global cricket due to a knee injury given that the T20 World Cup 2022. Shaheen made a short resurgence in the 2022 T20 World Cup however sustained another injury on his knee throughout the last versus England. After going through a surgical treatment and rehab for months, the speedster is all set to go back to the field in the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022.
View Shahid Afridi coach Shaheen Shah Afridi in striking 6s here …
Shahid Afridi mentor Shaheen Afridi how to strike 6s _ pic.twitter.com/S4paDMVNyk– Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) February 2, 2023
Shaheen will be leading Lahore Qalandars, who will be taking on Multan Sultans in the opening match of the competition. In a current interview, Shaheen shed some light on his days of rehab, where he will stop cricket however he kept himself inspired by seeing his own old videos.
“There were times when I wished to quit. I was dealing with just one muscle and it was not enhancing. Frequently throughout the rehab sessions, I utilized to state to myself ‘this suffices, I can refrain from doing this any longer. Then I utilized to see my bowling on YouTube and see how well I had actually done and that inspired me and I informed myself ‘to press a little bit more’ … It is annoying for a quick bowler to miss out on cricket due to the fact that of an injury,” stated Shaheen on YouTube.
Shaheen has actually ended up in 32 ODIs and scalped a massive overall of 62 wickets. Apart from this, he has actually played 47 T20Is and took 58 wickets. The 2023 edition of the PSL will begin from February 13 with Shaheen-led Lahore Qalandars handling Multan Sultans.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will wed Ansha, child of Shahid Afridi, on February 3 in a grand wedding event in Karachi. The wedding will remain in accordance with the Afridi tribal customs. The official wedding event and rukhsati event will happen later on, stated a media report.