Pakistani cricketers praise Imad’s historic five-for against Windies

Pakistani cricket fraternity on Friday felicitated left-arm spinner Imad Wasim for his historic spell, where he bagged five wickets for just 14 runs in his four overs, against West Indies in the first of three-match T20I series in Dubai.

Pakistan T20I captain used Imad as his opening bowler and the 27-year-old worked wonders with the ball.

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In the first over, Imad sent Evin Lewis packing who tried to clear midwicket off the left-armer.

In his very next over, Imad fired a straighter one towards Andre Fletcher who was unable to decipher the pace on the ball and missed it.

Two balls later in the third over, Marlon Samuels was given LBW off Imad’s appeal.

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Mohammad Nawaz and Hasan Ali dismissed the next two batsmen but Imad came back for his remaining two overs and in the eleventh over, cleaned up the dangerous Keiron Pollard.

Windies captain Carlos Brathwaite was Imad’s fifth scalp. The tall right-hand batsman tried to sweep the left-armer towards fine leg but was caught in the process.

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With five wickets to his name, Imad became the first Pakistani spinner ever to bag a five-for in the shortest format of the game.

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