Shaheen Afridi (ACC Photo)
New Delhi: The Pakistani pace Shaheen Shaheen Shah Afridi was in his deadly best in the do-or-die super four clash against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and picked up three key goals in Must-play meetings in Must-play in Must-Win meetings at Asia Cup 2025 alive.After the match, the reporter asked Shaheen for a check he faced whenever Pakistan encountered India.“My question is that whenever Pakistan-India is a match, everyone is watching Shaheen Afridi. But in the last 4-5 matches, Shaheen Afridi has not given such performance. So in the next match, if there is a Pakistan-India final, we can see Shaheen Afridi again?” The journalist asked.Afridi replied with a cheeky smile and said, “Are you trying to drop me? (Laughs).” “Agar Shaheen Afridistan Pakistan with Khelega at Jaan Bhi Dega.
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The Asian Cup also witnessed several incidents of the aggressive behavior of Pakistani players-like the fans, and the opposition-Afridi was asked whether this aggression was part of the pre-planned strategy players such as Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan.While Rauf seemed to ridicule Indian fans, Farhan’s weapon celebration on Sunday also criticized Super Four Clash.“There is no specific plan that would be aggressive, we have always been aggressive, since we started playing. This is how cricket is played and team morale is maintained high,” Afridi explained.Asked if the team was discussing a possible Indian-Pakistan final, Afridi quickly downplayed Humbuk.“We are not in the finals when we arrive, we will think about it,” he said.When he further pressed between the two sides “what is going on”, Afridi replied:“Kya CHAL RAHA HAI?”Afridi asked specifically about the behavior of Rauf and Farhan in the field and rather did not express himself directly.“Our task is to play cricket, people can think of what they want. We are here to win the Asia Cup. We try to best fulfill the hopes of Pakistan,” he said.Afridi, which focuses on the nervous persecution of Pakistan 133 against Sri Lanka, admitted that the unpredictable nature of the cricket T20 makes every player to shoot at the same time.“The credit of Hussain (TALAT) and (Mohammad) Nawaz for handling pressure. The T20 is just like this, everyone does not complicate at the same time,” he said.During their own BAT and Ball performances – and whether Pakistanian fast pitchers were insufficiently powerful – Afrids were clear about their duties.“My task is to fulfill the role she has assigned to me, be it launching or bowling. It doesn’t matter if I’m injured or well.“It is not that we did not win, we won, but we did not win against larger teams. I do not think our fast pitchors are fighting. The T20 format is that it is easier to hit good goals.Looking at Thursday’s conflict against Bangladesh Afridi said that Pakistan would look like he would dominate from the very beginning.“Bangladesh is a good team and played a good cricket late. We have to hit them first, we have to play a good cricket,” he said.
