Asia Cup 2023: Indian batsmen struggle against left-arm pace of Shaheen Afridi. Explained
India's struggles against left-arm pacers continued in their high-octane clash against Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2023 at Kandy, with Team India's battters once again being at the receiving end of an onslaught by left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi who took four wickets. IN the opening spell Shaheen Afridi took the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and in the final spell he took the wickets of Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and stopping Team India from imposing a big total in the league encounter in the Asia Cup. Earlier Australia's Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson of Australia troubled India's batsman during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semifinals, Mohammed Amir of Pakistan during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final, Trent Boult of New Zealand in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semifinals or Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan in group stage match of T20 World Cup 2021, Indian batters have given away wickets to these bowlers without much resistance, especially in the powerplay stage of the innings.
This same story continued during the Asia Cup clash, with Pakistan once again rocking India with some early wickets. The first one to go was the skipper Rohit Sharma, cleaned up as he made his move against the quick ball aimed at the stumps. The skipper was out for 11.
India were 15/1 in five overs. Next up was Virat, who started off with some promise with his signature cover drive. He got a heavy inside edge as the ball hit the stumps with Shaheen maintaining his relentless pace.
Virat could score runs. India were 27/2 in 6.3 overs. The next one to go was Shreyas Iyer.
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