Shahid Afridi is a big name in international cricket and especially in Pakistan cricket. He is a superstar who has millions of fans. Afridi as a matter of fact is one of the most liked cricketers in Pakistan. The reasons are his services to Pakistan cricket.
Afridi played a few test matches and then got retired from the game. The longer version of the game never suited him and hence he left his pace for some their deserving player.
After that, he concentrated more on ODI and T20 cricket. Afridi left the ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup. He and Misbah retired after the mega event and a huge vacuum was created with this which is still causing Pakistan problems.
Afridi now only plays T20 cricket. He is now seen as a leg spinner who can bat. Here in this footage, we can see Afridi explain the art of spin and how the spinner grips the ball before bowling. He first showed how former Pakistani off-spinner Arshad Khan used to bowl.
Arshad and Sri Lankan veteran off-spinner Muralitharan used to grip the ball same way. The seam was more in a horizontal position and yet Multi used to spin the ball miles as compared to Arshad Khan.
Afridi then showed the grip and placed his fingers on the seam to elaborate how he spins the ball. Afridi told that to bowl a drifter. He makes the shiny part of the ball inside towards the palm of his hand. He said that this makes the ball come in with the angle.The shiny part gives the inward movement to the ball while bowling a drifter and hence the ball moves in towards the batsman with the angle of the arm. Afridi bowls on of the best drifters in the world. This is his technique of doing it.
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