‘Boom Boom’ back on track
As a result of the fans’ overwhelming desires, demands and prayers, Pakistan’s most popular cricketer of the time, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, who is also known as Boom Boom---the words that are printed on the green shirts too, has announced to rejoin his national team
and resume his glorious career. He is part of the playing XI which is set to take on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319’s lovers do not bother it all as they just want their ideal to be in action.
Afridi’s respect was so deep-rooted in the hearts of the Pakistanis that not even a single word of criticism was spoken against him after Team Pakistan’s nerve-rending defeat to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011. Perhaps,
it was due to the fact that the entire nation witnessed their captain shedding tears while he was watching his team’s demise from the pavilion.
Khan started out as an aggressive batter, hitting the world’s fastest ODI century. Soon after, he proved himself as a quality spinner. The all-rounder then marched higher and higher rapidly till he reached the post of captaincy. His peak time came when he
finished up the WC 2011 as the top wicket taker.
A few days after returning from the 50-over showpiece tournament, the green team flew to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 to play a bilateral series. Though there were made some overhaul changes in the squad but Khan was still an undisputed leader. But this tour proved to be
disastrous for Afridi.
When the team’s head coach and former captain c*m legendary pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193, tried to poke his nose in selection matters, Afridi resisted, denied and at the end, busted up as he could not be ready to go on field with the unit Waqar was favouring to pick.
However, the skipper kept sticking to his post till the completion of the ODI series.
Having led the Men in Blue to win the series, Afridi flew back home and revealed his rift with Waqar. The angry young man also churned out some harsh words against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807
to play the English County Cricket. The board, in a bid to punish the guy for his ‘derogatory’ remarks, refused to issue him a No Objection Certificate (NOC), Afridi challenged this unfair decision in the court of law and resigned from international cricket
conditionally.
Much to the luck of Khan, Waqar and the PCB’s Chairman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128, left their offices. With the removal of these two hurdles, Afridi had an extensive meeting with the new board chief in the morning of November 2, and became a part of his national team again
in the evening.
Khan, indeed, poses to be a rock-star. He still has the highest number of sixes in limited formats of the game and highest number of wickets in the T20I cricket. Making his international debut in 1996, the legend has represented the Green Shirts in 27 Test,
325 ODI and 43 T20I matches so far. He has been impressive with both bat and ball throughout his career.
The 31-year-old has some more years left in the game. His fans, who are making marries at his return, expect him to empower the team to win the next edition of the ICC World Cup which is scheduled in 2015.
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