#PakvsIndia: Rapid wickets by Shaheen Afridi leave fans having early celebrations
Pakistan take on India in the 16th match of the T20 World Cup 2021 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight.
Pakistan won the toss and put India to bat first.
The decision to bowl first turned out to be a good omen as Shaheen Shah Afridi took the early wickets of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma.
Rohit went for a duck and KL Rahul managed to score three runs only.
Pakistani cricket fans were quick to react and praise Afridi for his remarkable deliveries.
Shaheen Shah Afridi!! 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/t7Gr5jXGXD
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 24, 2021
Indian Opener's Destruction😂
— Rimsha Almas🇵🇰 (@rimshaalmas1) October 24, 2021
Rohit Sharma & #KLRahul
Credit goes to world best bowler our #eagle Shaheen Afridi🔥❤#shaheenafridi #indiaVsPakistan #INDvPAK #Pakistan #PakvsIndia pic.twitter.com/cb4u3i9B61
The art The artist #PakvsIndia pic.twitter.com/C0PkKSi7H3
— Aapka Pakistan (@Aapka_Pakistan) October 24, 2021
Shaheen You Beauty! #PakvsIndia
— Arslan Naseer – CBA (@ArslanNaseerCBA) October 24, 2021
History repeating itself
— 𝔅𝔦𝔩𝔞𝔩 🇵🇰 (@Bilalwaince) October 24, 2021
#PakvsIndia pic.twitter.com/I5XyTNklte
My TL right now..👀🏏#PAKvIND #shaheenafridi #PakistanZindabad #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/1tlHWu2oJb
— 𝐒𝐲𝐞𝐝𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚~ (@zehnaseeb_11) October 24, 2021
The playing eleven of both the sides include:
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt) 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 3 Fakhar Zaman 4 Mohammad Hafeez 5 Shoaib Malik 6 Asif Ali 7 Shadab Khan 8 Imad Wasim 9 Hasan Ali 10 Haris Rauf 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi
India: 1 KL Rahul 2 Rohit Sharma 3 Virat Kohli (capt) 4 Suryakumar Yadav 5 Rishabh Pant (wk) 6 Hardik Pandya 7 Ravindra Jadeja 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9 Varun Chakravarthy 10 Mohammed Shami 11 Jasprit Bumrah