It was a match that was not for the faint-hearted. With just one wicket left, Pakistan made a splash in the previous couple of balls to defeat Afghanistan by the narrowest of margins within the second ODI in Sri Lanka. Quantity ten batsman Naseem Shah hit a boundary off the penultimate supply to provide Pakistan a dramatic one-wicket win over a luckless Afghanistan within the second ODI at Hambantota on Thursday.

The 20-year-old miscued a boundary off quick bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and ran jubilantly in the direction of the dressing room as Pakistan scored 11 off the ultimate over to complete with 302-9 in 49.5 overs.

The victory gave Pakistan an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection with the final sport in Colombo on Saturday.

“I wish to say that this yr, with the probabilities I’ve received on the fag finish of the innings, I hope I do not get a coronary heart assault sometime. I’m very grateful to Allah and his grace as I all the time attempt to consider in myself in conditions like that,” stated Shah in a video posted by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The quote has now been extensively shared on social media.

“Let me simply say that this yr, the type of conditions I’ve needed to face while coming into play in the direction of the top of the innings, God Forbid I hope I do not get a heart-attack!”: Naseem Shah concerning his innings within the closing over towards Afghanistan within the 2nd ODI #AFGvPAK pic.twitter.com/eiysupkrse

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“Once I went inside, I believed in Shadab. I believed that we are going to end the match. However when Shadab received out, I felt that the state of affairs is now all mine. The bowlers are the identical and I had the belief in myself to get the workforce over the road.”

Shah is completely happy that he has been taking Pakistan over the road on a fairly a couple of events. “I’ll say that it’s a very completely happy factor and we would have liked this win so much. I believed that I can do it.”

“I attempt to be ready for such conditions as I apply numerous batting within the nets. I do know that my flip is coming when all of the respiratory traces cease. So I attempted once more to make the workforce win and did it. I’m simply attempting to earn respect and relaxation is all upto almighty,” he added.

With AFP inputs