Shahid Afridi returns to Pakistan over ‘personal emergency’

COLOMBO: In a major blow to Gale Gladiators in their campaign for the Lanka Premier League, former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi returned to Pakistan on Wednesday citing a personal emergency.

Afridi is captaining the Gladiators in the opening edition of the Lankan league.

“Unfortunately I have a personal emergency to attend to back home. I will return to join back my team at LPL immediately after the situation is handled. All the best,” Afridi tweeted.

Unfortunately I have a personal emergency to attend to back home. I will return to join back my team at LPL immediately after the situation is handled. All the best.

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) December 2, 2020

Shahid Afridi was in menacing form against the Jaffna Stallions on Friday, when smashed a 20-ball fifty, his joint fastest in the T20 format, and eventually was dismissed for a 23-ball 58.

His innings was studded with 3 fours and 6 sixes.

Interestingly, Afridi hit a score of 50 plus in T20 cricket for the first time in 3 years. His last, was for the Hampshire in the 2017 T20 Blast game against Derbyshire. Over there as well he smashed a fifty of 20 balls and then eventually went on to turn it into a big one. The innings was his lone century in the T20 format.

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