Former captain Shahid Afridi cannot accept Pakistan’s defeat in the last match of the T20 series against New Zealand. He also criticized son-in-law Shaheen Afridi’s bowling. He said, Shaheen Shah Afridi, the main weapon of Pakistan’s bowling attack, was lost at an important time. News Cricket Pakistan.

Pakistan lost by 6 wickets in this match on Monday thanks to Mark Chapman’s brilliant century. At one stage though, Babar Azam’s team was in a great position. After a capital of 193 runs, Shaheen Afridi took two wickets for Pakistan in the first over.

However, in Shaheen’s second over, Kiwi opener Chad Bowes hit four boundaries. But that didn’t seem like a big deal then. Bowes was out for 19 runs. At the end of 10 overs, New Zealand were 73 for 4. They need 121 runs in the last 10 overs.

Chapman with Jimmy Neesham led New Zealand to victory from there with incredible batting. Shahid Afridi felt that Shaheen could not fulfill the expectations of the team during this pair.

Shahid Afridi said that it is important to be consistent in line and length in order to win the match. Shaheen started brilliantly. But when the team needed it most, he misplaced the ball, made a lot of random balls.

With the pairing of Chapman and Neesham becoming dangerous, Shaheen was brought in to bowl in the 14th over to break the pair but his bowling was lacking. 12 runs from the over with a six from Chapman.

Later, when 28 runs were needed in 3 overs, Pakistan captain Babar Azam again handed the ball to Shaheen as a last hope. This time, Chapman confirmed the fate of the match with 16 runs in three boundaries in Shaheen’s over.

Not only Shaheen, Shaheed also brought Shadab Khan to the table. This leg spinner could not benefit at all in front of the two left-handers Chapman and Neesham. He scored 29 in 2 overs. According to Shahid Afridi, Shadab is neglecting bowling while giving more importance to batting.

He said, Shadab is always a great performer in the middle overs. However, he has always struggled against left-handed batsmen. He should focus more on bowling as that is his main strength. Batting should be kept behind him. At the end of the day performance is what matters and he needs to improve his bowling to retain his place in the squad.