NEW DELHI: Pakistan star pacer Shaheen Afridi on Sunday copped a nasty blow on his left thumb as teammate Babar Azam got here to the rescue, fixing it by pulling the thumb through the series-deciding third and remaining ODI in opposition to Australia in Perth.
Shaheen took the blow to his bowling hand when he was attempting to say the ball which was thrown from the deep fence.
The incident occurred within the 26th over of the innings when Sean Abbott hit a Shaheen ball to deep mid-wicket. Because the fielder fired in a tough, flat throw on the bounce, Shaheen on the non-striker’s finish, tried to cease the ball but it surely grazed his left thumb.
Quickly after getting hit, Shaheen was seen in seen ache as he flicked his hand. Babar then stepped in and was seen pulling the bowler’s thumb to ease the ache.
The commentators feared dislocation however Babar stored the stress on Shaheen’s thumb until the physio arrived. The physio then dominated out dislocation and used the magic spray to assist Shaheen. After receiving the therapy, Shaheen, though in discomfort, resumed bowling a lot to the delight of the Pakistan followers.
Within the contest, pacers ran by the Australian batting line-up because the hosts had been restricted to a lowly 140 after Pakistan opted to bowl.
Whereas Shaheen and Naseem Shah clamed three wickets every, Haris Rauf bagged a pair. Mohammad Hasnain additionally had a wicket to his identify for the guests.
Sean Abbott was to high scorer for Australia whereas Cooper Connolly obtained out retired.
Earleier, Australia gained the collection opener by 2 wickets however Pakistan then thrashed the hosts by 9 wickets in Adelaide to take collection in to the decider.
