Cricket fans on social media may have seen a photo of Pakistan cricket team’s leg-spin bowler Yasir Shah that has gone viral today. Shah returned to the Pakistan squad for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. Cricbuzz posted a photo of him training in the nets to inform the fans about his return.
Soon after looking at his photos, fans started comparing him with Lionel Messi. For one moment, some fans even mistook him for the Argentine football player. Here is the post from Cricbuzz:
Fans then dug up an old interview of Yasir Shah, where he addressed the comparisons with Lionel Messi. Here’s what the Pakistan cricket team player had to say:
“It’s funny when people say I look like Messi. I’m not as good as him but I can play some good football.”
Yasir Shah has played 46 Test matches for the Pakistan cricket team
36-year-old leg-spinner Yasir Shah has played cricket all across the world. The leg-spin bowler has the experience of playing in 46 Test matches and 25 ODI matches for the Pakistan cricket team. Shedding some light on his numbers in international cricket, Shah has scalped 235 Test wickets, registering 15 four-wicket hauls, 16 five-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket hauls.
In ODI cricket, Shah has picked up 24 wickets in 25 matches, while he remained wicketless in his two T20I appearances for the Men in Green. Shah has also had stints with Brisbane Heat, Dhaka Dynamites and Trinbago Knight Riders in overseas T20 leagues.
His experience will prove to be vital for the Pakistan cricket team during their tour of Sri Lanka. Here is the full Pakistan squad for that series:
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah.
