Shaheen Afridi gets mocked by Australian journalist after he struggled to speak in English

Shaheen Afridi has been an emerging young talent for Pakistan. Shaheen had a great World Cup earlier this year as he finished tournament with 16 scalps. At same time, he had also become first Pakistani bowler to take six wickets in quadrennial event and also became  youngest ever bowler to take a fifer in World Cup history. 19-year-old had a tough day at office during second Test against Australia on Friday. However, things got tougher for him while he was heading back to dressing room. 

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Australian journalist makes fun of Shaheen's English

While Shaheen Afridi was heading back to dressing room after end of day's play, Australian broadcasters conducted his interview and youngster struggled a lot in answering ir questions. Meanwhile, an Australian radio journalist named Tony Tardio mocked tall pacer's English on social media. Taking to micro-blogging site, Tardio wrote that he had just heard an interview with a Pakistani fast bowler at Adelaide Oval on Fox sports and he could say with a fair bit of certainty that I didn’t understand one word. Read tweet here.

Over years, Pakistani players have struggled while communicating in English. As per reports, Pakistan's T20I captain Babar Azam has decided to use a translator for post-match presentation ceremonies in ongoing tour.

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Shaheen Afridi's fielding bloopers

On Day 1, some loose fielding from Shaheen Afridi helped Warner get three boundaries on his way to ar Test century. In a first of a series of hilarious fielding bloopers, Warner clipped Mohammad Abbas off his pads for a double. Shaheen quickly grabbed ball and his throw bisected Pakistani fielders on its way to boundary. Due to this effort, Warner’s two converted into a bizarre six and Warner reached his well-deserved Test fifty. Shaheen's miserable outing on field continued throughout day. Some 17 overs after his overthrow, Afridi misjudged a Warner cut short over boundary which was glaring due to fact that light should have played much of a role in it. Furrmore, ar incident occurred when Warner was batting on 116. left-hander hit ar cut short and in an attempt to save boundary, Afridi himself kicked ball towards ropes after attempting to save it.

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Aussies dominate proceedings on Day 1

Australia ended Day 1 at 302-1 after 73 overs. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne cracked unbeaten centuries to register ir second respective tons of series. Shaheen Shah Afridi picked only wicket to fall in day when he induced an edge off Joe Burns for 4.

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