ESPNcricinfo Awards 2021 T20I bowling winner: Shaheen Afridi knocks India flat
The Pakistan fast bowler earned his side their first win over their neighbours in World Cups
Key moment
The numbers
What they said
- Shahid Afridi on Twitter
- Pakistan batting consultant Matthew Hayden on Afridi's choice of deliveries in the first over of the match
The closest contenders
6 for 30 vs New Zealand, third T20I, Wellington
Agar became the first Australian to take a six-for in T20Is; only eight other bowlers, from all teams, have achieved the feat so far in the format. Devon Conway hit him for three fours in his first over but Agar returned to the attack and removed Conway, Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham in one over, and later added three more to his tally, helping secure a 64-run win.
4 for 22 vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup, Sharjah
After Afridi bagged the bowling honours in Pakistan's game against India, it was Rauf's turn in their second, against New Zealand. He set to work with a 149kph yorker, which Martin Guptill survived, but Rauf castled him with his second ball, which was clocked at 148kph. Rauf's next three wickets, of which two came in three balls in the 18th over, were all off slower variations. His four-for limited New Zealand to 134 for 8, which Pakistan chased comfortably.
Deivarayan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo