[VIDEOS] Ahmed Safi Abdullah - Left-arm spinner playing for Islamabad United

[Abdullah719]

Making his PSL debut as an emerging player.

Gets Sohail Akhtar out.

 

[DRsohail]

did not spin in first over.

 

[Hawkeye]

Love ISLU's tradition of promoting young PAK talent.

Thank you, Misbah.

So many players by ISLU - exact opposite of other franchises, especially in earlier PSLs.

 

[Bewal Express]

Tidy action but we need evidence of turn to make any judgements.

 

[MenInG]

[VIDEOS] Ahmed Safi Abdullah (all-rounder) Pakistan Super League performance watch

What an excellent debut

1 wicket and 8 runs to help IU win a thriller!

 

[MenInG]

Quotes from his presser

Of course there was pressure as i was playing in such a big game but i had belief as we had played practice games and the team members had told me to make it good debut"

"I had a lot of trust on my partner as well; I had told him that if we take the the match to the last ball then we will chase the target"

"Yes there was pressure initially as we lost some good wickets early such as Luke Ronchi who was in good form; Later on when Ingram played a good over against Samit Patel, then we felt that we were back in the game and we felt that if we took a little time on the crease we can play good shots and also chase the runs"

"There was time when we had one wicket left and 25-26 runs left to win but we were both praying 'darood shareef' (praising The Prophet pbuh) and had belief that we could win - I told Musa just one thing, that just play the ball and if you middle it we can chase down the runs"

"The last few overs they bowled, they seemed to be trying to save runs and were not trying to get us out; When they tried to save runs, they bowled some bad balls and then Musa played well and hit some good shots which helped us win"

"When we were playing, the voices of Islamabad supporters were very weak but when LQ were doing well there was so much noise that we (as IU players) almost felt like we were playing in a different country"

 

[The Viper]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ahmed Safi Abdullah "we needed 25 or 26 runs to win and it was the last wicket. We were both praying Darood Shareef and had belief that we could win" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvIU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSL2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSL2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/Klp8XWiAUe">pic.twitter.com/Klp8XWiAUe</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1231677717143261186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[The Viper]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mature words from 21 year-old Ahmed Safi Abdullah "In the last few overs that Qalandars bowled, they seemed to be trying to save runs and were not trying to get us out" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LQvIU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LQvIU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSLV</a> <a href="https://t.co/zxJQj9cSJ6">pic.twitter.com/zxJQj9cSJ6</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1231678582482767873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[aloo paratha]

Hardly seems like an all rounder.

 

[MenInG]

As humble as one can get! Let's see if he does more in psl

 

[chacha kashmiri]

a much needed pick by Shadab khan
Obviously undoing the mistakes of the first loss

Safi was immense under pressure and even scrapped home in the end
Safi should have shared some kind of gong for sure for his heroics

 

[Bullet Drive]

He's got something about him !

 

[Titan24]

His control and temperament was impressive.

 

[Abdullah719]

Bowling well today.

 

[Mueez]

He has bowled nicely today.

 

[Hasan123]

Looks impressive so far.

 

[as-95]

Did he turn the ball in this game? Seems like people were complaining about the amount of turn he gets...

 

[DRsohail]

Did he turn the ball in this game? Seems like people were complaining about the amount of turn he gets...

No he did not.

 

[Saj]

Only given 3 overs by the skipper today.

 

[shamaan]

Good control and temperament

 

[Bewal Express]

Good control and temperament

That is a good start but it's the turn or the lack off that will make or break his career.

 

[shah_1]

Just a bit of darter like Imad Wasim

 

[Forum363]

Another in a long line of young spinners who do well in the PSL but nothing exceptional to propel them to the team or really get noticed.

 

[JhonnyBravo]

His action is similar to jadeja

 

[daytrader]

Should've bowled another over today

 

[MenInG]

Takes a huge wicket of Hales!