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Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi added his sanction to a uncommon database connected Tuesday aft taking a wicket with the archetypal shot of the 2nd ODI against Australia astatine Gaddafi Stadium successful Lahore.Opening the bowling for Pakistan, Shaheen dismissed Australia batter Alex Carey with the archetypal transportation of the match.
Carey was bowled, giving Pakistan an aboriginal breakthrough.
With that wicket, Shaheen became the 3rd Pakistan skipper to instrumentality a wicket with the archetypal shot of an ODI, arsenic per a News18 report.The archetypal Pakistan skipper to execute the feat was Wasim Akram, who dismissed Zimbabwe batter Andy Flower with the opening transportation of an ODI successful Karachi connected December 24, 1993.Waqar Younis became the 2nd Pakistan skipper connected the database erstwhile helium removed England batter Marcus Trescothick with the archetypal shot of an ODI astatine Headingley successful Leeds connected June 17, 2001.Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan was the archetypal subordinate from the state to instrumentality a wicket with the opening shot of an ODI. He achieved the feat against India successful Sharjah connected March 22, 1985, erstwhile helium dismissed Ravi Shastri with the archetypal transportation of the match.Imran went connected to instrumentality 5 much wickets successful that crippled and finished with figures of 6 for 14.Shaheen is besides present the 3rd Pakistan bowler, aft Wasim Akram and Mohammad Irfan, to instrumentality a wicket with the archetypal shot of an ODI connected much than 1 occasion.He had antecedently achieved the milestone successful April 2022 erstwhile helium dismissed Australia's Travis Head with the opening transportation of an ODI.
