Young Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi was recently appointed as the captain of Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Lahore Qalandars for the 2022 edition of the PSL and the 21-year old pacer stated that the wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan is the best captain.
Qalandars qualified for the final in the 2020 edition but overall they failed to produce a stellar show in the PSL. Afridi has been with the Qalandars team since 2018 and till now he has picked up 50 wickets from 37 games. This is also a record for the Qalandars team.
Earlier this year, Rizwan-led PSL side Multan Sultans claimed the title after securing a comfortable 47-run victory against Peshawar Zalmi in the final of the 2021 season.
Afridi also added that he will rank the Pakistan national cricket team skipper Babar Azam at the second spot.
“I like [Mohammad] Rizwan’s personality. I started playing domestic competition with him from KPK’s side and I would rate him as the best. Since Babar has done a fantastic job with the national team, I will rank him second,” Shaheen Afridi was quoted while speaking to Cricket Pakistan.
In the batting unit, the partnership of Babar and Rizwan is the spine of the Men in Green in all three formats. And the 21-year-old Afridi has already become one of the best bowlers in the Pakistan team and has produced some outstanding bowling displays consistently for the national team across all three formats.
Afridi pointed out that Babar has done an amazing job as the skipper of the Pakistan side and Pakistan achieved some memorable feats under the captaincy of Babar.
“Babar Azam is my favorite batsman and he is the number one batter as well. He has done fantastically well as a captain for the national team and we are reaching new heights under him,” explained Afridi.
Afridi has played for his national team in 21 Tests, 28 ODIs, and 39 T20Is. He has prized out 86 batsmen in the Test format and on the other hand, he scalped 53 wickets in ODIs. In T20I cricket, the left-arm pacer has taken 45 wickets.
