NEW DELHI: After legendary Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram criticised Shaheen Afridi’s transfer to advertise himself at No.5 in Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) matches, former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has additionally raised questions on Lahore Qalandars skipper’s choice to bat up the order.Inzamam lambasted Shaheen for batting at No. 5 throughout Lahore Qalandar’s PSL encounter in opposition to Quetta Gladiators on Sunday.Shaheen discovered himself within the crossfire of Inzamam’s criticism regardless of notching up a quickfire half-century off 28 balls. The previous Pakistan captain expressed concern that the captain and Abdullah Shafique had used up too many deliveries.Inzamam additionally opined that Lahore Qalandars seemed set to put up greater than 200 however they ended up scoring solely 166/7.”This partnership between Abdullah Shafique and Shaheen Afridi… if you look at the scorecard, then it looks very impressive, scoring 55 off 34 balls and the other scoring 59 off 39 balls. But the scorecard doesn’t do justice to it. They played all the overs – almost 14 – and all you could take the total to was 167, whereas it should have been 200-plus. Did anyone feel that Lahore will be able to win from here? Or will Lahore defend it?” Inzamam stated on a Pakistan channel.”Shaheen coming in to bat at No. 5 but scoring at that pace is not good for the team. When you have specialists such as David Wiese and Sikandar Raza, the score could have been better. Oh bhai… tez khel (Boss, score faster). They need to take care of one big fact. If you start getting into individual efforts, the team’s cause will go for a toss,” he added.Earlier than this match, Shaheen additionally batted at No.5 however his ploy backfired as he obtained dismissed for just one in opposition to Karachi Kings. This led to criticism from Akram, concentrating on the Pakistan T20I skipper.”Shaheen scored 1 off 3, while Raza scored 22 off 16 & Wiese 24 off 9. They took the score to 177. It’s not mandatory that if you are captain you have to come out to bat. Observe the situation & whether there are better players & hitters in the dugout. If Shaheen had done that maybe they would have made 190. “Shaheen must be instructed that he hasn’t change into an all-rounder but,” Akram had stated.
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