Pakistan’s bowling assault was put to swords by the Indian batters as the 2 groups squared off within the Cricket World Cup 2023 match on Saturday. Chasing a paltry goal of 192 runs, India rode on Rohit Sharma‘s 86 to achieve the goal with about 20 overs to spare. Whereas your entire Pakistan staff is to be blamed for the loss, India greats Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar single out their marquee pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi who has appeared like an atypical bowler since reaching India for the World Cup.

Shaheen, extensively thought of one of many most interesting bowlers on the earth, bagged two wickets within the match whereas conceding 36 runs in 6 overs. Whereas he did handle to dismiss the likes of Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma within the match, he hardly managed to hassle the Indian batters together with his bowling general.

“When Naseem Shah isn’t taking part in and that is the standard of spin… Shaheen Shah Afridi isn’t any Wasim Akram. He is an efficient bowler with the brand new ball and might choose wickets, however there may be nothing particular about him. He’s solely an honest bowler. He is no massive deal. You must settle for the reality,” Shastri mentioned on Star Sports activities, giving a brutal evaluation of Shaheen.

Sunil Gavaskar, who can also be working as a commentator and an professional for the broadcaster, highlighted how Pakistan took too lengthy to study what sort of deliveries had been getting India’s Jasprit Bumrah wickets within the match.

“Rizwan is the sort of participant who can take the sport away from the opposition. He’s a really cheeky participant. He is aware of methods to play and alter his recreation in keeping with the wants of the aspect. So his wicket was very essential or else Pakistan would have ended with 250-260. In order that was an enormous blow. Subsequent over Bumrah will get one other wicket, with one other cutter.

“Clearly Pakistan didn’t study something as a result of it was solely in the direction of the top when Shaheen bowled that cutter that bought Rohit out. We might have thought that they’d bowl the cutter even with the brand new ball. It’s not written wherever that the brand new ball must be bowled at a sure tempo. You’ll be able to change it, however nothing of these types was seen from the Pakistan bowlers,” Gavaskar mentioned.