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Shaheen's talent isn’t always enough
Somshuvra Laha
Updated on: Aug 31, 2024 05:00 am IST
The left-arm pacer’s exclusion from the second Test against Bangaldesh is partly his doing but Pakistan also erred by not managing him well
Kolkata: Little time was spent hailing Shaheen Shah Afridi as the boy with the golden arm. And for good reason too. The swing was bewitching, the release was near-perfect and the control was unerring. And if the Afridi surname wasn’t eponymous enough, Shaheen was also a left-hander, slipping quietly into the hastily created narrative that Pakistan had found someone to extend the legacy of Wasim Akram and Mohammad Amir.
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