Australia opener David Warner lauded his teammate Matthew Wade’s heroics in the T20 World Cup 2021 semi-finals as he hit Shaheen Afridi for three sixes in an over to help Australia win the match and qualify for the finals.

Wade clobbered an unbeaten 41 off 17 as the Aussies stunned tournament favorites Pakistan and David Warner said that he cannot play the kind of audacious shots the left-handed keeper pulled off if he had been in the same situation.

Speaking on a chat show Backstage with Boria, the Aussie opener said: “In those situations, I can’t play the shot that he plays. If I was out there, I would never have hit that six because I can’t play that shot. Having a guy like him to come in like he did.

Specifically in Australia, they wrote Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis off. They said they can’t win games for Australia. Yes, they can. They won the biggest game for us.”

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Warner further said that Wade’s experience played a huge role when he took on Shaheen Afridi in the penultimate over of the T20 World Cup 2021 semis.

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He said: “The one thing that stood out for us was, and this is no disrespect to Shaheen, experience plays a big role in big games. Matthew Wade, he will always ramp. Shaheen Afridi’s best delivery is going to be a yorker. If he misses his yorker, and if Wade hits him behind (the wickets), even with a fielder back, it’s going to go for six because he is bowling at 150 kph. If you don’t execute it properly, you are going to drop it short. That’s exactly what he did.”

Australia went on to win their maiden T20 World Cup title by defeating New Zealand in the final of the tournament in Dubai.