Shaheen Afridi Praises Minhas And Ghori Following First ODI Win Over Australia

Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi praised young players Arafat Minhas and Ghazi Ghori after beating Australia in the first ODI at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Shaheen Afridi Praises Minhas And Ghori Following First ODI Win Over Australia. Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi praised young players Arafat Minhas and Ghazi Ghori after beating Australia in the first ODI at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. In the opening match, Shaheen won the toss and chose to bowl first on a slow pitch in Rawalpindi. The move worked well, as Minhas picked up five wickets to help restrict Australia to just 200 runs in 44.1 overs. Pakistan then made the chase look easy, reaching the 201-run target with five wickets down and 45 balls left. The win was built around solid half-centuries from Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghori, who also put together a strong 127-run stand for the third wicket. Talking about the match, Shaheen said the decision to bowl first came from what they had seen in a practice game at the s...