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“Naseem Shah – the next superstar Shah”: Twitter reactions on Naseem Shah’s maiden five-wicket haul ensuring Pakistan a nail-biting victory vs Netherlands during 3rd ODI

Gurpreet Singh
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"Naseem Shah - the next superstar Shah": Twitter reactions on Naseem Shah's maiden five-wicket haul ensuring Pakistan a nail-biting victory vs Netherlands during 3rd ODI

Twitter reactions on Naseem Shah’s maiden five-fer across formats which prevented the hosts from staging a memorable upset at Rotterdam.

During the third and final ODI of Pakistan’s ongoing tour of the Netherlands at Hazelaarweg Rotterdam, the hosts agonizingly fell short of a rather modest target by 9 runs, in what could have been a memorable upset, against Babar Azam’s men.

En route the 207-run chase, Netherlands opener Vikramjit Singh (50 off 85), smashed his second half-century of the series to keep the hosts’ hopes alive for major part of the innings.

However, a 105-ball 62 from the experienced Tom Cooper, and a valuable 24 (32) from all-rounder Teja Nidamanuru, during the latter half of the innings, brought their sides ever closer to notching up their maiden victory against Pakistan across formats.

However, post their dismissals within a span of five deliveries, and most importantly at the time their fans never wanted them to, it was all over for Scott Edwards’ men, as they bundled up with 197 in the board in 49.2 Overs.

Pakistan fans had nearly bitten off all their nails already, but their 19-year-old pacer Naseem Shah had a cure for each of their worries, as his maiden five-wicket haul ensured Pakistan successfully accomplished the expected whitewash.

Twitter reactions on Naseem Shah’s maiden five-wicket haul across formats for Pakistan

The right-arm quick hogged all the limelight across social media handles, as he registered his maiden five-fer for Pakistan across all formats.

After dismissing Max ODowd (3 off 11) and Musa Ahmed (11 off 21) within the initial Powerplay, Shah scalped the crucial wicket of the set Vikramjit Singh during the 31st Over, and later another set batter Teja Nidamanuru to prevent Pakistan from a rather embarrassing defeat, despite having already won the series.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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