Former Pakistan cricketer Aaqib Javed has made a bold prediction about the nation’s rising star Shaheen Afridi. Javed has opined that Afridi can attain the success of Virat Kohli’s levels given how well he has performed in the early phase of his cricketing career. He added that the fast bowler can also captain the Pakistan cricket team in the future.
Afridi captained the Lahore Qalandars team for the first time in the 2022 edition of the Pakistan Super League. The Qalandars won their maiden PSL title in seven seasons under Afridi’s captaincy. The captain led the franchise from the front by scalping wickets regularly and also chipping in with some important runs whenever needed.
The left-arm fast bowler is now all set to play for the Pakistan cricket team in their home ICC World Test Championship series against the Australian cricket team from tomorrow. Ahead of the series against Australia, Lahore coach Aaqib Javed heaped praise on Shaheen Afridi. Here’s what he was quoted as saying on Samaa News:
“Shaheen Afridi should be the Pakistan future captain as he is a born leader. He Can reach level Of Virat Kohli and he is at a different level to Imran Khan and Wasim Akram for his age.”
Shaheen Afridi became the youngest captain to win a T20 franchise league
Many great players like MS Dhoni, Shane Warne, Rohit Sharma, Adam Gilchrist, David Warner, Gautam Gambhir and others can call themselves T20 franchise league winning skippers. Shaheen Afridi joined that elite group recently by helping the Lahore Qalandars win the 2022 edition of the Pakistan Super League.
The Qalandars battled the defending champions Multan Sultans in the final match. Fans expected a close match, but Lahore dominated Multan and won their first PSL title on their home turf. The franchise will be keen to defend the championship successfully in PSL 2023.
