Did Shaheen Shah Afridi miraculously recover from his BBL injury to be selected for the Pakistan T20 World Cup squad?

[Major]

During the BBL, it was reeported that Pakistani players wanted out, as their performances were not that good, whihc had led to a negative image of them on social media, thus leading to a possible ouster from the upcoming world t20 squad.

Shaheen has always been known as someone that cares about his image on social media. Shaheen was bashed around in the BBL which raised the question if he is any good for t20 and warrants a spot in the world t20. It came to no surprise that after he got hit around in a match in the BBL he claimed he got injured and sat out the match while his team needed him. Afterwards, Shaheen pulled out of the BBL and came back to Pakistan.

Now, all of a sudden, Shaheen is fit and has been selected for the World T20 squad.

 

[sweep_shot]

Not sure if he faked it.

Either way, it is good that he got some rest before the World T20.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

This is old news, we already knew this as soon as he stopped running after the ball.

 

[Savak]

What was his contract worth? He would happily let go off that money?

 

[SportsWarrior]

very good chance he faked it. His injury wouldn’t have let him come back this quick. Saw humiliation of his fellow players like Babar and Rizwan and decided he didn’t want to go through that. Good chance his father in law gave him the idea

 

[Sachin fan]

Not sure if he faked it.

Either way, it is good that he got some rest before the World T20.

And faking injury after taking money is the way to get rest?

Unprofessionalalism creeps into every aspect of your game and mentality.

Which is why Steve Smith despite being the best test bat of this generation still gives his all even in a BBL T20 match.

One is a mentality of a winner which seeps into every aspect of your life and every game you play. The other is a mentality of a loser.

 

[Devadwal]

Why would he fake an injury in a league where he gets paid?

 

[zahid01]

I don’t know why people make conspiracy theories and slander player without any evidence

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I don’t know why people make conspiracy theories and slander player without any evidence

Especially in this instance where it's very obvious BBL had no influence on selection or Haris Rauf may have been selected and Babar should have been dropped.

Nowadays players and boards are also happy to rest players on the potential of injury occuring and exacerbating.

For example India sometimes don't bowl Bumrah during matches or rest him in key series moments. The result becomes irrelevant and players health becomes important. There are many other examples across the world of fast bowler being handled in this way.

Given Afridis previous injury record he rightly pulled out.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Shaheen Performance has been downhill Since he became Damad G

 

[Sachin fan]

I don’t know why people make conspiracy theories and slander player without any evidence

So then it was a miraculous recovery in such a short period? Other countries should take the number of Afridis doctor.

 

[zahid01]

So then it was a miraculous recovery in such a short period? Other countries should take the number of Afridis doctor.

Depends on the seriousness of the injury sometimes precaution is needed to protect yourself from further aggravation accusing someone of faking an injury is another word you are calling them a cheat

 

[RidiculousMan]

During the BBL, it was reeported that Pakistani players wanted out, as their performances were not that good, whihc had led to a negative image of them on social media, thus leading to a possible ouster from the upcoming world t20 squad.

Shaheen has always been known as someone that cares about his image on social media. Shaheen was bashed around in the BBL which raised the question if he is any good for t20 and warrants a spot in the world t20. It came to no surprise that after he got hit around in a match in the BBL he claimed he got injured and sat out the match while his team needed him. Afterwards, Shaheen pulled out of the BBL and came back to Pakistan.

Now, all of a sudden, Shaheen is fit and has been selected for the World T20 squad.