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Sunil Gavaskar on ENG vs PAK Final: Most cricket experts and former cricketers are telling Shaheen Afridi’s injury as the turning point of the T20 World Cup 2022 final played between England and Pakistan (ENG vs PAK) on Sunday. They say that Shaheen Afridi could not bowl his full quota of overs due to injury and this thing affected the result. However, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar says that even if Shaheen had bowled the entire over, England’s victory was certain.
Speaking to India Today, Sunil Gavaskar said, “I don’t think Shaheen’s injury was the turning point. This is because Pakistan did not have many runs. He had 15-20 runs short. Had the Pakistan team had 150-155 runs, there would have been a better chance of winning. But I don’t think the 10 balls Shaheen didn’t bowl made any difference in the result. Maybe Pakistan would have got another wicket but England would still have won.
Pak bowlers had got rid of sweat
In the final match of T20 World Cup 2022, Pakistan had scored just 137 runs while batting first. But despite such a low score, the Pakistani bowlers made England sweat to achieve the target. At one point in the match, Pakistan’s upper hand was starting to look heavy. England needed 41 runs to win off the last 29 balls and had 6 wickets left. But this is where the match took a turn.
Shahid Afridi’s injury turned the game upside down
In the 13th over, Shaheen injured his knee once again while taking the catch of Harry Brooke. His treatment also went on by staying out of the field for about 10 minutes. He had two overs left in his quota. In such a situation, he came on the field to bowl the 16th over. Here as soon as he bowled a ball, he felt pain in his knee and left the field. Iftikhar Ahmed bowled the remaining 5 balls of this over of Afridi. 15 runs came off these 5 balls and this is where the match slipped from the hands of Pakistan. England achieved the target in the 19th over for the loss of 5 wickets.
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