National T20 Cup: Shaheen Shah Afridi once again took five wickets, became the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket this year.

 

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has represented Pakistan in all three formats, has become the first Pakistani bowler to take five wickets in four matches in T20 cricket.

At the same time, he has surpassed Afghanistan's league sniper Rashid Khan in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets this year. Shaheen Afridi is currently representing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National T20 Cup and won the award by taking five wickets for just 21 runs in the match against Sindh last night.

He has taken five wickets for the second time in three matches of this tournament. Earlier, he had bowled out five players for 20 runs in the match against Balochistan.

Shaheen Shah Afridi is now the second highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket with five wickets. Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga tops the list with five wickets in five matches so far.

However, Lasith Malinga has played 295 T20 matches while Shaheen Shah Afridi has played only 56 matches so far.

Apart from Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shakib Al Hasan and David Visa have also taken five wickets in four T20 matches.

Shaheen Shah Afridi used to take five wickets

 Prior to Pakistan's T20 Cup, Shaheen had represented Hampshire County in England's Vitality Blast, taking six wickets for just 19 runs against Middlesex. Which is by far the best individual bowling of him and Hampshire County in the T20s. In this match he took four wickets off four balls. He is one of the seven bowlers in the world to take four wickets off four balls in T20. Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken 36 wickets so far in T20 matches this year. He is up against Afghanistan's sniper Rashid Khan, who is second with 33 wickets. Rashid Khan is currently representing Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.

Shaheen Afridi in PSL

Shaheen Afridi was acquired by Lahore Qalandars in the emerging category in the third PSL. The Karachi Kings will never forget the time when Shaheen Afridi smashed his batting line with a formidable five-wicket haul for just four runs. When the doors of international cricket opened on Shaheen Afridi, he also stood out. In the Karachi Test against Sri Lanka, he took five wickets for 77 runs. Similarly, in last year's World Cup, he took six wickets for 35 runs against Bangladesh at Lord's, which is the best bowling of any Pakistani bowler in the World Cup.

Shaheen Afridi says that he does not want to limit himself to limited overs cricket but also wants to give more importance to Test cricket for which his full attention is on fitness. Shaheen Afridi has played Test cricket in difficult conditions in his career in South Africa, Australia and England and later this year he has to face another tough challenge in New Zealand which includes three T20 Internationals and a series of two Test matches. Including