But in the last two matches he has made his critics eat their words, delete their tweets and hop on his bandwagon. When the 30-year-old was picked for the Pakistan squad, he was widely panned, and rightly so, as his numbers for the year were extremely poor to stay the least. AFPĪs someone wise said it on Twitter, this is not a World Cup, this is an Asif Ali apology tour. Shadab Khan (L) and Asif Ali celebrate their win in the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on October 29, 2021.
The man is in the side for a particular job, and he knows that when the time comes, he is the fittest man to deliver. He clobbered four big ones in the penultimate over but more importantly, refused a single in between, showing that he knew it was his moment and that if anyone could do it, it was only him, and certainly not Shadab Khan on the other end. This is when Asif decided to spare Pakistan fans of another nervy finish. Pakistan needed 24 off the final 12 balls, with the game set for a nail-biting finish. But for him to bail out Pakistan again, against Afghanistan last night, and in even more impressive style, is phenomenal and a type of high point that can only be written by script writers in movies. What the 30-year-old did on Tuesday night against New Zealand is what most men only get to do it once on the biggest stage. Asif Ali is our Michael Jordan when the game's on the line.Īll of this is true for this man from Faisalabad. Asif Ali plays a shot during the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Dubai, UAE on October 29, 2021.
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