Shaheen Afridi is joint-leading wicket taker for T20 Powerplay

Dhaka : Shaheen Afridi, one of Pakistans most promising and potential bowlers, has been named the joint-leading wicket taker for the Powerplay T20s in 2020.

With the new ball, he was again outstanding and struck in the opening over against BangladeshAfridi is in the same position as Samit Patel, Englands Powerplay player who has also taken 32 wickets since 2020.

Samit Patel, a left-arm orthodox spinner as well as an attacking lower-mid-order batsman is currently playing for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.Trent Boult, New Zealands pacer is third with 31 wickets.

Mujeeb U Rahman from Afgha’istan is fourth with 30 wickets.Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, was happy to praise Shaheen Shah Afridi, their left-arm pacer in post-match presentations after Indias historic 10 wicket win in Dubai.

After dismissing Rohit Sharma in the first ball duck, Afridi won the T20 World Cup game against India.KL Rahul was then outrun by Afridi in the following over.

Azam praised Azams left-arm pacer after the match.He is an excellent bowler.

"He has the ability take early wickets, which gave us lots of confidence," he stated.Afridi was promoted to the top 10 of the ICC Test Bowling Rankings earlier thanks to a great series against West Indies.

Afridi, who climbed 10 places to enter the rankings, is now the eighth-ranked Pakistani bowler with 783 points.The left-arm fast bowler Afridi picked up 18 wickets in the Tests.

This is seven more than Jayden Seales, West Indies next best.Afridi took eight wickets in Test one and then went on to take a career-best 10/94 match figure in match two.This was a key part of Pakistans 109-run win at Sabina Park.inj/bs #Shaheen #Afridi #joint #taker #Powerplay #Cricket #BCCI #ICC #IPL.