<p>In his first stint in The Hundred tournament, Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi shocked the cricketing world by claiming two wickets in his first two deliveries.</p><p>Afridi, playing for the Welsh Fire, managed this feat against the Manchester Originals. Rain played a spoilsports and reduced the match to 40 balls per innings. </p><p>Batting first, Welsh Fire scripted a score of 94 for 3. The Manchester side, thanks to Afridi's exploits, were only able to put up a score of 85 for 4. The wickets of Phil Salt and Laurie Evans, bagged by Afridi, played a significant part in the Welsh side's victory.</p><p>In a post-match media interaction, Shaheen was seeing chatting with veterans of the game - India's Dinesh Karthik and England's Stuart Broad, according to a <a href="https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/with-shaheen-afridi-video-dinesh-karthik-cracks-hilarious-height-joke-on-england-star-watch-4272056#trendingnow">report</a> published by <em>NDTV</em>. Karthik, who stood in the middle of the two players, later took to X (formerly known as Twitter) where he took a jibe at his own height, saying, "I feel for you @BenDuckett1."</p>.<p>The former wicketkeeper-batter tweeted this in reference to a picture from the Ashes series where a 5' 7" Duckett was seen standing between batter Zak Crawly and Broad himself, who are both 6' 5" in height.</p><p>The publication quoted Broad heaping praises on Afridi per Cricket Pakistan: "Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of my favorite bowlers to watch in the world. He's got such a presence about him when he runs in, and I love to see bowlers run in with energy and vibrancy to their run up."</p><p>He further added, "He's got such a natural skill - the way that ball swings back into the right-handers is such a pleasure to watch. And he represented the Notts Outlaws this summer, which is close to my heart. He's one of the bowlers I admire hugely, and I want to see him do well."</p>
<p>In his first stint in The Hundred tournament, Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi shocked the cricketing world by claiming two wickets in his first two deliveries.</p><p>Afridi, playing for the Welsh Fire, managed this feat against the Manchester Originals. Rain played a spoilsports and reduced the match to 40 balls per innings. </p><p>Batting first, Welsh Fire scripted a score of 94 for 3. The Manchester side, thanks to Afridi's exploits, were only able to put up a score of 85 for 4. The wickets of Phil Salt and Laurie Evans, bagged by Afridi, played a significant part in the Welsh side's victory.</p><p>In a post-match media interaction, Shaheen was seeing chatting with veterans of the game - India's Dinesh Karthik and England's Stuart Broad, according to a <a href="https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/with-shaheen-afridi-video-dinesh-karthik-cracks-hilarious-height-joke-on-england-star-watch-4272056#trendingnow">report</a> published by <em>NDTV</em>. Karthik, who stood in the middle of the two players, later took to X (formerly known as Twitter) where he took a jibe at his own height, saying, "I feel for you @BenDuckett1."</p>.<p>The former wicketkeeper-batter tweeted this in reference to a picture from the Ashes series where a 5' 7" Duckett was seen standing between batter Zak Crawly and Broad himself, who are both 6' 5" in height.</p><p>The publication quoted Broad heaping praises on Afridi per Cricket Pakistan: "Shaheen Shah Afridi is one of my favorite bowlers to watch in the world. He's got such a presence about him when he runs in, and I love to see bowlers run in with energy and vibrancy to their run up."</p><p>He further added, "He's got such a natural skill - the way that ball swings back into the right-handers is such a pleasure to watch. And he represented the Notts Outlaws this summer, which is close to my heart. He's one of the bowlers I admire hugely, and I want to see him do well."</p>