COLOMBO: Pakistan pace ace Shaheen Shah Afridi has warned his devastatingspell against arch-rivals India that set the Asia Cup alight is just thestart, with the World Cup only weeks away.
The left-arm fast bowler rattled the Indian top-order in their Group Aclash last week, taking 4-35 — including the wickets of star batters ViratKohli and Rohit Sharma.
That match was washed out but they meet again in Colombo on Sunday in theSuper Four stage of the Asia Cup, a precursor to the 50-over World Cup thatkicks off next month.
And Shaheen told AFP there is more to come.
“Every match against India is special and people watch this a lot,” the23-year-old said Friday. “I used to wait for this match as a fan before Iplayed under-16 cricket.”
“I can’t say this has been my best spell so far. This is just the start andthere will be many more, so the best is yet to come.”
With his ability to move the ball both ways, Shaheen leads one of the mostpotent pace attacks in the world.
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“If you play all the three formats at such a young age for Pakistan andhandle the new ball, people expect you to perform like that,” he said.
Shaheen and his fellow fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf have pickedup 23 wickets between them in the Asia Cup so far.
“We know our roles with the new and old ball,” Shaheen said.
“Haris is quicker than us and impacts with his pace. Naseem and I try toget early breakthroughs.”
The “communication is good between us,” he added. “And that’s our success.”APP/AFP
