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[ad_1] Former Indian opening batsman, Aakash Chopra, expressed his admiration for Shaheen Afridi's remarkable achievement of becoming the first bowler to take four wickets in the opening over of a T20 innings. This historic feat occurred during a T20 Blast game on Friday, where Afridi represented Nottinghamshire against Birmingham Bears. After starting off with a wide, Afridi dismissed both the Bears' captain Alex Davies and Chris Benjamin for a duck on the first two deliveries of the over. Although he missed out on a hat-trick, he successfully got rid of Dan Mousley and Ed Barnard on the final two balls of the over. Chopra took to Twitter to praise Afridi, particularly highlighting the "unplayable" deliveries delivered with great swing and pace, as well as the courage to bowl full-length deliveries. “Yesterday, Shaheen Afridi took 4 wickets in the first over the innings…some of the deliveries were simply unplayable. Swing at high speed…and the courage to...

[ad_1] Shaheen Afridi bowled a breathtaking opening over as he took four wickets in his first over for Nottinghamshire on Friday against Birmingham in T20 Blast. In doing so, he became the first bowler claim four wickets in the opening over of a T20 innings. While defending a total of 169 runs, Afridi made a sloppy start to the over by giving five runs through a wide delivery. However, he returned with a bang on the next ball, as he trapped Alex Davies lbw by an inswinging Yorker. Shaheen was on a hat-trick as he also clean bowled Chris Benjamin on the next ball. The left-arm pacer couldn’t complete his hat-trick but struck on the fifth bowl of the over, as he removed Dan Mousley, courtesy of a stunning catch by Olly Stone at short cover. Shaheen ended the over with another excellent delivery as he plucked out the off stump of Ed Barnard, leaving Birmingham reeling at 7-4 after the first over of their innings. Shaheen Afridi, you cannot do that!! ? https://t.co/ehXxmtz6r...