Cricket legend Ricky Ponting has conveyed high acclaim for a couple of Pakistan 2021 ICC Awards victors and says Shaheen Shah Afridi and Babar Azam's capacities and structure set up a "mouth-watering" series when Australia visit Pakistan in March.
Afridi was as of late named the Sir Garfield Sobers' Trophy champ for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year while Azam won the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year grant.
Having watched them intently when Pakistan visited Australia in 2019, Ponting shared his musings on what made them stand apart two years prior and their development as players from that point forward.
Both Azam and Afridi were in their prime in 2021, assuming an indispensable part in Pakistan's exciting run into the semi-finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
While Afridi's adventures across designs were unrivaled, Azam sparkled with the bat in the 50-over design, where he is presently the highest level hitter in the MRF Tires ICC Rankings.
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Whenever Afridi visited Australia in 2019, he was just 19 years of age, and completed the series with only five wickets across two Tests. Notwithstanding that, he actually established a connection with Ponting.
With 78 wickets in 36 matches at a normal of simply 22.20, Afridi was the most noteworthy wicket-taker in 2021 across designs. He played a featuring job in Pakistan's very first World Cup win over India at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, representing the enormous wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli.
His Test numbers were faltering - in only nine matches he got 47 wickets at a normal of 17.06.
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