Shaheen dismissed the Afghanistan openers with a couple of ferocious deliveries.
On Wednesday (October 19), Shaheen put on a show with the ball in Pakistan’s second T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up match against Afghanistan at the Gabba.
The left-arm pacer spit venom with each of his deliveries in the opening spell and eventually returned with the figures of 2 for 29 in his four overs.
Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai were his victims in the warm-up fixture. While Shaheen dismissed Gurbaz with a toe-crushing yorker in his very first over, he cleaned up Zazai with a full delivery in his second over.
The yorker from Shaheen was so ferocious that Gurbaz was carried off the field by a substitute as the latter couldn't walk. The broadcasters later confirmed that the Afghanistan opener was taken to hospital for further scans on the injury.
Here’s the video of both dismissals:
Coming to the match, Afghanistan rode on skipper Mohammad Nabi’s 51 not out off 37 balls to post 154/6 on the board.
In reply, Pakistan were on 19/0 after 2.2 overs before rain entered and eventually abandoned the game.