“Take smiles away from whole Nation”: Rumman Raees describes mood of Pakistan as Shaheen Shah Afridi is ruled out of Asia Cup 2022

Dixit Bhargav | 21/08/2022
"Take smiles away from whole Nation": Rumman Raees describes mood of Pakistan as Shaheen Shah Afridi is ruled out of Asia Cup 2022

Rumman Raees describes mood of Pakistan: The Pakistani speedster getting ruled out of Asia Cup 2022 has come as a major setback to their team.

Pakistan speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi set to miss Asia Cup 2022 due to a knee injury has allured numerous opinions within the last 24 hours. A large number of reactions illustrate Afridi’s importance to this Pakistani squad especially for a multi-team tournament such as the Asia Cup.

Afridi, who will also miss the subsequent seven-match T20I series against England, is in a race against time to attain full fitness ahead of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

Pakistan fast bowler Rumman Raees has become the latest cricketing personality to share his opinion on Afridi. Raees, 30, took to social media platform Twitter to claim that Afridi’s injury has affected the mood of the nation. “Take smiles away from whole Nation,” read a part of Raees’ tweet.

Much like Pakistan white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan, Raees also lent immense support behind Afridi saying that their “pride boy” will only get better from here and that the country needs him in terms of leading their bowling attack.

On the other hand, a large number of Pakistani fans are criticizing PCB (Pakistani Cricket Board) for not managing Afridi’s workload. With the 22-year old player being part of all Pakistani squads lately, a notion around providing him adequate rest is doing the rounds on social media.

Readers must note that Afridi had sustained this injury while fielding in the first Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Test match in Galle last month.

Rumman Raees describes mood of Pakistan as Shaheen Shah Afridi is ruled out of Asia Cup 2022

Raees, who had represented Pakistan in 17 limited-overs matches between 2016-18, continues to be an active domestic cricketer in Pakistan. Having spent five seasons at Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League, Raees had played for Multan Sultans in PSL 2022.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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