DHAKA – Shahid Afridi put in another Player of the Match performance. Thistime, it came for Comilla Victorians in the Bangladesh Premier League,reported ICC link.

Afridi, 38, picked up 3/10 before sealing a five-wicket victory againstRajshahi Kings with a six in Dhaka on Friday, 11 January.

Coming on to bowl in the eighth over of the innings, he struck with hisvery first delivery, trapping Mehidy Hasan, the Kings captain, lbw for 30.That was the big wicket, and he immediately followed it up with another tohave two in two when Laurie Evans was dismissed in a similar manner.

He missed the hat-trick but came back in the next over to have Qais Ahmadbowled for a first-ball duck.

The veteran, who earlier this year became the first Pakistan player andonly the third ever in the world after Dwayne Bravo and Shakib Al Hasan todo the double of 4000 runs and 300 wickets in T20s, admitted that pain inhis knees had been bothering him, even as he played through.

“I kept it simple, bowling wicket to wicket. If the batsmen miss they’ll bea chance,” he explained after the match.

The performance marked his second Player of the Match award in three gamesthis season – the first one coming for his 39* off 25 balls and 1/29 in hisopening game.