'Turning point of my career'- Junaid Khan reacts to his spell in 2012 Chennai ODI; fans give mixed reaction

Junaid Khan picked 4/12 reducing India to 102/6, as Pakistan won by 6 wickets.

By Jatin Sharma - 28 Jun, 2022

Pakistani pacer Junaid Khan had one of the best outings in his life when Men in Green toured India in 2012-13 for three ODIs and two T20Is. Pakistan ended up winning the ODI series 2-1, while the T20I series was level 1-1. This remains the last time both teams played in a bilateral series to date.

The left-arm pacer was one of the most promising ones to come out of Pakistan and was competing for a spot in the Pakistani team post-Mohammad Amir’s departure from the team due to the spot-fixing scandal.

He went on to play 22 Tests, 76 ODIs, and 9 T20Is for Pakistan after making his debut in 2011 and picked 71, 110, and 8 wickets respectively. However, his last Test came in 2015, his last T20I came in 2014 and the last ODI he played was in 2019.

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Since then, his career has been a story of what-ifs in Pakistan cricket. In ODIs, Junaid's best of 4/12 came against India at Chennai in 2012 when he ran through India's top order, dismissing the Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, and Rohit Sharma.

A Twitter user shared the video of Junaid running through the India batting lineup and the pacer quoted the tweet with the caption reading: "I think this was my career's turning point. What do you think?"

However, the reaction to Junaid’s question turned out to be mixed, as fans questioned him on why he didn’t show the same zeal and spirit later on in his career. One user asked what happened to him after this game and many more reactions came through.

Here are some of them:

 

By Jatin Sharma - 28 Jun, 2022

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