PSL | Twitter reacts as Shaheen sounds Rizwan death knell with brilliant setup in battle of Pakistan's stalwarts
Perhaps the greatest thing franchise T20 cricket has done for fans is offer regular showdowns between a country's premier bowlers and batters. In the battle between Men in Green's flagbearers in Lahore on Tuesday, it was Shaheen Afridi who came up trumps by dismantling Mohammad Rizwan's stumps.
Shaheen began the match with a gentle outswinger on off stump that was cautiously driven towards cover for no runs. The left-arm quick further got the crowd moving with some extravagant swing on the ensuing delivery that was left alone by Rizwan for good reason, unaware that he was being setup for a death blow. Shaheen angled two inswingers thereafter down Rizwan's pads, one of which beat the 31-year-old to thump into his pads while the other glanced off the thigh pad towards the boundary. With Rizwan clearly struggling to read the pacer, Afridi brought the shutters down with a ball on a similar line to the first two outswingers, only this time flicking his wrist inwards to generate one and a half degrees of swing -- the most amongst the five deliveries -- to clip the inside edge of a driving Rizwan and shatter the stumps.
Rizwan was left peering back at the stumps to figure out what he had just experienced while Shaheen wheeled away with his finger pointed high towards the crowd and eventually breaking out into his trademark eagle celebration, much to Twitterati's delight.
Trapped him
— Shanaka Kundu (@KunduShanaka) February 27, 2024
Duck
Shaheen Afridi gets Muhammad Rizwan on duck in his first over 😬👏#HBLPSL2024 #PSL2024 #HBLPSL #PSL9 #LQvsPZ #LQvsMS #PZvsLQ
— King Babar Azam Army (@kingbabararmy) February 27, 2024
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What a beauty
This is what Shaheen can do with the new ball, in the first over. gets Rizwan with the beauty.
— Sa HiB (old account block ) (@SaHib__143) February 27, 2024
3rd score of zero for Rizwan this year.#PSL2024 #LQvMS #HBLPSL9 pic.twitter.com/JM0kNFOH1d
Reminds KL Rahuls wicket
In swinging Yorker for Rizwan! It’s remind me KL RAHUL's wicket in T20 CWC21🔥
— Muhammad Ibrar (@iMIbrarr) February 27, 2024
- First over wicket Shaheen truly back🦅#HBLPSL9 | #LQvMS
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Packing
Shaheen special to send an in-form
— 𝓚𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓪𝓪𝓷𝓪-𝓑𝓐56 (Army) (@Babar_BA56_) February 27, 2024
Mohammad Rizwan packing.
Shades of that delivery to KL Rahul from the T20 World Cup in 2021.🔥🔥#HBLPSL9 #KhulKeKhel #LQvPZ #LQvsPZ #LQvMS pic.twitter.com/C4cyAMNGqf
Captian vs Captian
Captain dismissed by another captain as Shaheen Shah Afridi cleans bowled Mohd Rizwan with an inswinger delivery. Shaheen at his best, Rizwan struggled against him from the first ball, and finally, he is dismissed. The Lahore crowd cheers for Afridi.#PSL2024 #LQvsPZ #Lahore pic.twitter.com/pYfiMfd435
— Usman Shaikh 🇮🇳 (@shaikhusman_7) February 27, 2024
Goes for duck
MS Skipper Muhammad Rizwan goes for a duck 🦆#HBLPSL9 #LQvMS pic.twitter.com/eHhAcwXTjp
— Muhammad Saqib Solangi (@msaqib_solangi) February 27, 2024
Bowled
*Shaheen Afridi to Rizwan, out Bowled!!* Knocked over!! A Shaheen special to send an in-form Mohammad Rizwan packing. *Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 0(5)🎯🎳🔰*#PSL9 #LQvMS #LahoreIncident #adultingshowmax #ولعت #BabarAzam𓃵 #хтивийпонеділок #хтивийпонеділок pic.twitter.com/4xXDFrcuJY
— Sadam Hussain (@SadamBata1053) February 27, 2024
Bleed blue jersey
Multan's jersey look like Team India and Rizwan got out to Shaheen like KL Rahul generally would. #PSL2024 pic.twitter.com/ivUEoVMpvf
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) February 27, 2024
First over wicket
Shaheen shah Afridi 🤝first over wicket...
— Shahid wani (@shayu9682) February 27, 2024
What a bowl to inform Rizwan ...!!!#HBLPSL9 #ShaheenAfridi #Rizwan #WPL2024 #LQvMSpic.twitter.com/3DJLADVlur