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Shaheen Afridi

6-35

Shaheen Afridi 6-35 v BangladeshBack to boards

Shaheen Afridi became the youngest cricketer to take an ODI five-wicket haul at Lord’s when he took 6-35 during Pakistan’s victory over Bangladesh in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

In what was a break-through tournament for the 19-year-old, the fast bowler showed his potential in the world’s biggest stage, taking the early wicket of Tamim Iqbal with a superb slower ball.

He followed that up with the dismissal of Liton Das before claiming the valuable wicket of Shakib al Hasan as Pakistan started to assert their dominance on the match.

continued to rip through the Bangladesh middle-order with the wicket of Mahmudullah and Mohammad Saifuddin.

To seal a man-of-the-match performance, Afridi continued to rip through the Bangladesh middle-order with the wicket of Mahmudullah and Mohammad Saifuddin, as well as the final wicket of the match, clean bowling Mustafizur Rahman as Pakistan won the match by 94 runs.