{"id":94513,"date":"2023-10-23T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=94513"},"modified":"2023-10-23T00:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T19:52:21","slug":"shaheen-afridi-surpasses-mohammad-amir-to-achieve-a-unique-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/cricket-news\/shaheen-afridi-surpasses-mohammad-amir-to-achieve-a-unique-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Afridi surpasses Mohammad Amir to achieve a unique record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Oct 22 (Online): Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has overtaken former Green Shirts bowler Mohammad Amir to become the second left-arm bowler to take the most international wickets for Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old pacer achieved this record during the 18th match of the World Cup against Australia in Bengaluru on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi had taken 259 wickets before Friday&#8217;s match against Australia, equaling Amir and officially overtook Amir with his first two wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi has now overtaken legend Wasim Akram as the most wicket-taking left-arm bowlers for the Green Shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi took 5 wickets on Friday, taking his tally to 264 international wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi has so far taken a total of 264 international wickets in 127 matches (145 innings) while Amir has taken 259 wickets in 147 matches (177 innings).<\/p>\n<p>Wasim Akram took 916 wickets in 460 matches (532 innings).<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi took a career-best 6\/35 against Bangladesh during the 2019 World Cup and took 5 or more catches for the second time in a World Cup, making him only the second Pakistani player after his father-in-law Shahid Afridi to take a World Cup. He took 5 or more wickets twice.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi&#8217;s figures of 5\/54 on Friday are also the best by any bowler in the 2023 World Cup so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Oct 22 (Online): Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has overtaken former Green Shirts bowler Mohammad Amir to become the second left-arm bowler to take the most international wickets for Pakistan. 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