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After Misbah, Amir rattles Afridi's stumps in BPL

Pakistan left-arm pacers cleans up T20 captain with an outswinging delivery

Sports Desk December 02, 2015

PHOTO: AFP

Left-arm fast-bowler Muhammad Amir is on a roll in the on-going Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). In Wednesday's match for the Chittagong Vikings, Amir managed to take out Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi.

Afridi came on for the Sylhet Superstars when they were four wicket down for a score of 22. The right-hand batsman then mustered 62 runs off 41 balls to guide his team to a decent total of 139 runs. He hit four sixes and five boundaries in the process.

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Meanwhile, Amir, who has been bowling the in the start and at the death for Vikings throughout the tournament was called on for the 18th over.

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The quickie didn't pay any heed to the blistering all-rounder and bowled him out on the very first ball of the over. A delivery which went away from Afridi's bat and dislodged the bails.

Amir ran forward in excitement while Afridi, who was hitting nearly every bowler out of the ground, walked away with just a disappointed Oh!

On his way back, Afridi did use his hand to emulate what Amir had done. Swung the ball away from him.

Amir previously had yorked Pakistan Test captain Misbahul Haq as well in the BPL.

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With the Pakistan cricket fraternity divided on whether to give Amir a national team recall, the left-armer has created a strong case in his favour with his performance in the BPL - his first tournament outside of Pakistan after serving the five-year spot-fixing ban.

COMMENTS (20)

Wasim Kamran | 8 years ago | Reply I off the view Mr.Arfan, first of all Amir need mend his way to behave,learn the lesson of ethoes and moral value is the basic ingredients of sportsman spirit.I did not find any morale in mr.french .After all players are the ambassador of Pakistan.

arfan aslam khan | 8 years ago | Reply Aamir should be allowed to play for Pakistan,and people who are talking rubbish about Aamir should shut up and mind their own bussiness,i think they are scared of his capabilities.We should be proud that he has done his punishment and ready to play and prosper for Pakistan and hopefully win the world cup.So please keep quiet and enjoy the cricket.

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S!D | 8 years ago | Reply @aslam hossain: FYI: it was PCB that went to ICC to relax its rules so that Amir could resume his career earlier than he would have.

Babloo | 8 years ago | Reply Afridi purposely give his wicket otherwise he could have hit 250 metres six of that easy ball

Que | 8 years ago | Reply @IndianDude: What do mean? This is incorrect English!!!!

kiran | 8 years ago | Reply sir i love all Afridi's match and all billing.

Pakistani | 8 years ago | Reply Best of Luck Aamir

omar cheema | 8 years ago | Reply @Patriot: because he did not fix the match. his actions had no effect on the outcome of the match. there is a huge difference between spot fixing and match fixing.

pakistani | 8 years ago | Reply At first PCB fought for M Amir & got his punishment relaxed. Now when he has completed his sentence he is being kept away... It looks clear that PCB is completely vision less. A STAR will remain a STAR, if PCB does not take advantage of M Amir, others certainly will. Then where will M Hafeez & Ramiz Raja go

aslam hossain | 8 years ago | Reply @Psychiatrist: Brother, PCB is not allow this bowler but BPL give him change for make good career.

Patriot | 8 years ago | Reply You don't give a bank cashier a second chance if he is caught steeling, why should this case be different when the country's honor is at stake? No matter how well this fellow performs he doesn't deserve a place in the team, as this will deny other deserving players to get in the team.

usman778 | 8 years ago | Reply Why Amir is different from Salman and Asif. Amir was 17 years old, a juvenille with an underpriviliged background and education. Amir was pressured by his legally adult-age captain. Unlike his elders, Amir immediately accepted responsibility. Even though he engaged in spot fixing he still played his heart out in the match. Unlike the others, he has shown real remorse. In a country where almost everyone skips tax, gives or takes bribe -- we should not cast stones at an under-aged young man who has served his time.

IndianDude | 8 years ago | Reply I hope Afridi was supposed to get bowled on that delivery by amir.

Raheel Khan | 8 years ago | Reply I think Aamir needs a second chance.

Psychiatrist | 8 years ago | Reply I really think Pakistan needs Muhammad Amir more than ever for the coming W T20. His first class performance followed by some good bowling at BPL and specially this Yorker to get rid of Misbah is enough to make a case for Pakistani team with average bowlers. I wish PCB was clean itself to do that. Then the likes of Ramiz Raja, Muhammad hafeez and all those who harass this poor fellow with their statements...I seriously hope he makes a come back and gives a shut up call to all those who oppose him. He knows he has done something wrong, came out with an apology, had his sentence and throughout ban complied with ICC...What else people want him to do?

US CENTCOM | 8 years ago | Reply That was a great delivery. It seems that he hasn't lost pace nor the ability to take wicket. It will be interesting to see if he is selected for the national team in the near future. Ali Khan Digital Engagement Team, USCENTCOM

Sheikh Tahseen | 8 years ago | Reply Aamir deserves respect. Now he is also performing well from his behavior and ball. So deserves for a fair chance.

Shehryar | 8 years ago | Reply Keep goin boy

Muhammad | 8 years ago | Reply Amiir has done his punishment so no one can stop him to come back,he made a mistake and paid for that so others stop giving statements against Amir.

JD | 8 years ago | Reply Dear Amir, you have the world to conquer, don't fall for a petty trick again. Best of luck! :)

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