Shaheen Shah Afridi was trolled brutally on social media after his average performance for Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 clash against Zimbabwe at the Perth on Thursday (October 27). The pace sensation who's returning from injury after three months is currently struggling to perform like he often does for the Babar Azam's Men in Green side.


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Tweets like, "One fluke world cup of Shaheen Afridi and they deemed him best pacer, LOL' were circulated on the social media platform after the Pakistan pacer's average show in T20 World Cup 2022 so far.


Checkout the reactions here....








Pakistan played an extra pacer in their clash against Zimbabwe that gave Babar Azam the reward as they able to restrict their opponents for 130/8 after 20 overs. World Cup debutant Wasim Jr clinched four wickets for his country displaying a brilliant show.


Coming back to Shaheen, his fitness still remains an issue as it has come to notice that the bowler is not bowling at the raw pace he used to bowl in the T20 World Cup 2021 edition. Afterall, Afridi is playing cricket after a 3 month break due to a knee injury.


Wessly Madhevere (17) adding 42 runs off five overs for the opening wicket. The partnership was broken by Rauf as Ervine was beaten by sheer pace, lobbing one to Mohammad Wasim at short fine leg. Two balls later, Madhevere followed suit, LBW to Wasim as the batter went for an unsuccessful review.


Milton Shumba (8) didn't help his side's cause either, handing a straight forward return catch to Shadab soon after. Sean Williams (31) and Sikandar Raza (9) shared 31 runs for the fourth wicket before Shadab inflicted twin blows in the 14th over as Zimbabwe lost the plot after a decent start.


Shadab first cleaned up Williams as the batter went for expansive reverse sweep and then Regis Chakabva edged the next delivery which was brilliantly caught by skipper Babar Azam at the slip of the bowler's last ball of his spell, denying him a chance to go for a hat-trick. Another double blow in the next over of Wasim broke Zimbabwe's backbone.


Raza once again failed to replicate his form in the qualifiers, as he was bounced out by Wasim, caught by Rauf at deep square leg fence in the next over and then Luke Jongwe was bowled in the very next ball. Brad Evans (19 off 15) and Ryan Burl (10 not out) played good hands towards the end. (With pti inputs)