India (150/5) defeat Pakistan (146) by 5 wickets in thrilling encounter to clinch Asia Cup 2025 title

[cricketAXEpert]

Averages 58 in SENA countries. Weird that SENA teams prepared spinning or flat tracks for him, lol.

And yes, his fake age is all his claim to fame. If he wasn't touted as some wonder teen no one would have hyped him up. But since his debut he has only gone backwards, not improved.

And I seriously cannot see how a bowler who averages 35 in t20s is better than someone who averages 21.

He only played 7 tests in SENA not big enough of a sample, he doesn't have great stats, I know. That's why I said potential. Rauf may average 21 but he looses matches. Once again Stats don't tell the whole story. Like Asad Shafiq stats wise he looks fine, even made centuries (in SA and Australia ) but out of 77 test matches he never got a single player of the match because never won a single game on his own. He did well when others were performing when pressure came, he never stood up. but good stats.

 

[Sachin fan]

Childhood coach of Naseem Shah speaks on his age controversy, confirms he is 16 - The Statesman

Naseem Shah, who made his international debut against Australia in the first match of the two-Test series, is facing a lot of backlash for his age.

www.thestatesman.com

Here read about his age. Even if not exact, it is not off by much.

Against this was two bits of evidence, one by the owner of PP, Saj who cited his age as 17 in 2018, well before he made his debut and another was an article by West Indies legend Andy Roberts in 2016 which hyped Naseem Shah and called him 16 year old then.

But then he was 16 when he made his debut in 2019?