WATCH: Shaheen Afridi bowling left-arm spin in the Pakistan nets

Shaheen Afridi is mostly known for ruffling feathers of opposition batters with his raw pace and bounce. The pacer caught the limelight in the 2018 U19 World Cup in New Zealand where he impressed one and all. Thereafter, he was picked to play for the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). After four seasons, he was even made the skipper of the popular franchise.

In fact, in his maiden stint as the Qalandars’ skipper, he led his team to glory. Afridi and Co. defeated Mohammad Rizwan’s Multan Sultans in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Afridi was also unlucky in the tournament as twice did the bails didn’t fall off his bowling after the ball smashed the stumps. Recently, Afridi was seen playing a slightly different role.

Pakistan are currently taking part in the three-match Test series against Pat Cummins’ Australia. The opening Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium ended in a draw and the nature of the track drew criticism from the netizens. The second Test is scheduled to get underway on Saturday, March 12 at the National Stadium in Karachi.

Afridi, in the meantime, was seen bowling left-arm spin in the nets. He was seen taking steps and bowling around the wicket to a batter, who swept him. Afridi’s bowling action was also reminiscent of Ravindra Jadeja’s action.

Jadeja recently became the Player of the Match in India’s opening Test against Sri Lanka at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. He also became the sixth player to score 150 plus runs in an innings and pick up a five-wicket haul in the same Test match.

Here’s the video of Shaheen Afridi bowling left-arm spin

There’s a lot of Ravindra Jadeja, just a few inches taller, about Shaheen Shah Afridi bowling left-arm spin, the bounce in the hair included #PakvAus pic.twitter.com/6YCI99E9VV

— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) March 10, 2022

In the first Test where the pitch wasn’t bowling-friendly, Afridi was the pick of the fast bowlers. In Australia’s first innings, Afridi picked up two crucial wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Starc. Cummins, earlier, said that the hosts tried to take the advantage away the pacers in the Rawalpindi Test.

Former Aussie skipper Steve Smith also called the pitch ‘dead and benign’. PCB chairman, Ramiz Raja, however, said that preparing a bouncy pitch would have meant playing into Australia’s hands. He also admitted that drawn Tests aren’t proper advertisements of Test cricket.