Pakistani pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken a total of 100 Test wickets, He joins the elite ranks of the Green Shirts and becoming the 19th player in the green shirt to achieve the feat.The pacer’s feat came during Pakistan’s match against Sri Lanka, when he dismissed Nishan Madushka in the second over of the first Test match at Galle.
The pace spearhead had moved to 99 wickets in 25 Tests at the same venue last year when a knee injury put him out of action, but after a freak ligament injury in Galle in July 2022, the way his employers, the PCB, handled his rehabilitation bordered on the farcical. After being ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka, the PCB announced that he would travel to Rotterdam with the national side while he recuperated, receiving rehab while he travelled, presumably because getting in and out of aeroplanes and buses was the best way to treat the injury. They hoped he would shake off the injury in time for the Asia Cup that was around the corner.
Shaheen, 23, has taken 134 wickets in white-ball matches since his international debut in 2018 and emerged as a star bowler for the Babar Azam-led team.
