After the Pakistan A team beat Sri Lanka in the semi-final of the Emerging Asia Cup, national team fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and teammate Naseem Shah joined the team in Colombo on Friday to enjoy the win. When the A team made it to the final of the Asian game, the senior men’s team met them at the hotel.
Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi celebrate win in Colombo
Shaheen and Naseem can be seen cutting cake with the new team in a film shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on social media. In the semi-final of the Emerging Asia Cup, which is going on right now, Pakistan A beat Sri Lanka A by 60 runs earlier today. The Men in Green will play the team that wins between India A and Bangladesh A in the second semi-final.
In 45.4 overs, the home team was bowled out for 262 runs while trying to reach a goal of 323 runs. Pakistan’s best bowler was the fast bowler Arshad Iqbal, who scored 5-37. Mubasir Khan and Sufiyan Muqeem took two wickets for the team that won. Sri Lanka’s Sahan Arachchige and Avishka Fernando each got 97 runs, but it wasn’t enough to win the game. Earlier, Pakistan A scored 322 runs thanks to scores of 50 by Omair Bin Yousuf and captain Mohammad Haris.
