Pakistan’s thriller spinner Abrar Ahmed opted to not carry out his iconic send-off celebration after dismissing Lahore Qalandars’ Mohammad Naeem in Match No.4 of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 2025 in Rawalpindi on Sunday, April 13. As an alternative of his normal animated gesture, Abrar smiled, raised his hand as if stopping himself, and casually joined his teammates for a high-five.
This response got here in the course of the third over of Qalandars’ batting when Abrar castled Mohammad Naeem with a slower one which rattled into the stumps. The supply outfoxed Naeem, who backed away and tried to chop, solely to top-edge the ball into the stumps. Whereas many within the crowd waited for his trademark celebration, Abrar refrained.
09:07 PM · Apr 13, 2025
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Notably, within the latest Champions Trophy, Abrar was closely criticised for his aggressive send-off after dismissing Indian star Shubman Gill. In that conflict in Dubai, the leg-spinner bamboozled Gill with a carrom ball that beat the bat and crashed into the stumps. Whereas even Virat Kohli paused mid-innings to applaud Abrar’s brilliance, the bowler’s send-off gesture in direction of Gill drew criticism from followers and former cricketers alike.
Within the ongoing PSL contest, Abrar completed with figures of two for 33 in his 4 overs, claiming one other essential wicket, that of Daryl Mitchell. The Kiwi, who was trying set on 37, got here down the observe solely to be overwhelmed within the flight. Wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis did properly by finishing a pointy stumping. The 26-year-old was coming into this recreation with a sensational spell in Quetta Gladiators’ season opener, the place he ran by way of the Peshawar Zalmi lineup with 4 for 42.
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