Lahore Qalandars pick Shaheen Afridi for PSL

Pakistan Super League franchise Lahore Qalandars have roped in young sensation Shaheen Afridi for the third edition of the popular league, which will be played next year. The 17-year-old has played just two first-class matches so far. In his debut match for Khan Research Labs, Afridi scalped figures of 8/39 in the second innings of the match. In the first innings of the match, he picked a lone wicket after bowling 19 overs.

His efforts though went in vain as Rawalpindi won the match by 105 runs. Afridi’s side were bowled out for 77 runs in the second innings. It was the best ever figures for a Pakistani cricketer on debut. He picked two more in his next game.

Afridi’s performance in the U19 Asia Cup

The pacer featured for the Pakistan U19 side in the Asia Cup, and picked up seven wickets from five matches. The green army lost to an impressive Afghanistan side in the finals after they were bowled out for just 63 runs, chasing 249. Afridi finished with figures of 2/42 in the finals, after bowling his full quota of 10 overs.

Inzy joins the Qalandar camp

Earlier, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq, joined the franchise as adviser. “Inzamam’s vision and experience will be extremely helpful for Qalandars,” read the statement from the team. Putting more light on the development, Lahore Qalandars CEO Atif Rana said that Inzamam is definitely one of the great cricketers who has played this game of cricket. “We are excited to have Inzi Bhai on board with us.”

The official Twitter account of Lahore Qalandars welcomed the youngster with a tweet ” Etching his name in the record books already, 17-year-old @SShahAfridi took 8 wickets in his first match, the best ever by a Pakistani on first-class debut. Welcome to the Qalandars family Shaheen! #JeeAyaanNu #DamaDamMast.

Here is the tweet:

Etching his name in the record books already, 17-year-old @SShahAfridi took 8 wickets in his first match, the best ever by a Pakistani on first-class debut.

Welcome to the Qalandars family Shaheen!#JeeAyaanNu #DamaDamMast pic.twitter.com/4q0yxVtNbs

— Lahore Qalandars? (@lahoreqalandars) November 21, 2017