Watch: Babar loses cool, Shaheen refuses to shake hands with Afghanan players | Cricket News
The second ODI between Pakan and Afghanan went down the wire in Hambantota on Thursday.
No. 10 batter Naseem Shah (10 not out) edged seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi for a winning boundary off the penultimate ball as Pakan reached 302-9 and got a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
After the match, there were visible tension among the players.
Pakan skipper Babar Azam looked visibly angry as well and was involved in a heated exchange of words with senior Afghanan player Mohammad Nabi.
I have never seen Babar this angry🔥🥹.#BabarAzam #PAKvAFG #AFGvPAK #PakvsAfg pic.twitter.com/D21z33y9JD
— Shaharyar Ejaz 🏏 (@SharyOfficial) August 24, 2023
Pakan left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi refuted to shake hands with the Afghan players. As Shaheen walked back, skipper Babar Azam called him back and encouraged him to join the handshake.
Let’s relive this again pic.twitter.com/SBRu1oM0si
— f (@fas___m) August 24, 2023
Needing 11 off the final over, Farooqi ran out Shadab at the non-striker’s end as the batter moved out of his crease before the bowler had bowled. Pakan needed 11 runs to win when the incident occurred. Farooqi, who observed that Shadab was leaving his crease early, hit the stumps before completing his action while bowling the first bowl of the over. The decision was sent upstairs to the third umpire who gave it out and Shadab Khan shook his head in frustration as he walked back.Most Read
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But Shah and No. 11 Haris Rauf kept their nerves and shattered Afghanan’s dream to beat Pakan for the first time in an ODI.
Farooqi’s gonna remember this one for his life.#AFGvPAK #NaseemShah #BabarAzam #Shadabkhan pic.twitter.com/YH3r7zFuXC
— N (@metanoiaaa1) August 24, 2023
Shadab Khan, who made 48 off 35 balls, brought Pakan back in the chase off the last two balls in the penultimate over when he smashed two full tosses of fast bowler Abdul Rahman for a boundary and a six.
Earlier, Gurbaz and Zadran raised Afghanan’s second highest-ever stand for any wicket in an ODI when they raised an authoritative 227-run opening-wicket partnership.
The final match of the series will be played on Saturday at Colombo before both teams compete in next week’s Asia Cup.
