Wi vs Pak 1st Odi: Shaheen Shah Afridi becomes the highest wicketkeeper to 65 ODIs, help Pakistan beat hosts on Trinidad

Pakistan’s best pacemaker Shaheen Shah Afridi created a new history on Friday by becoming the highest wicketkeeper to 65 ODIs, which exceeded Rashid Khan’s point of 128 wickets over the same number of matches. With Shaheen who finished four wickets for 51, Pakistan defeated the West Indies in the first ODI in Trinidad in 48.5 overs by 5 wickets to save. Afridi, with this achievement, tackled its name to join the Pakistan legend Wasim Akram in an exclusive list of visiting left-arm Pacers to claim four or more wickets in an ODI innings in the West Indies. Earlier in 1993, Akram clinched 4 for 18 for 18 in Kingstown in 1993. Afridi is now the seventh bowler who achieved the achievement in taking four wickets in the West Indies. Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc of Australia stand alone as the only left arm to take five-wickets in ODIs on the Caribbean, according to Cricinfo data. While Wisden data says that Shaheen’s strike rate now stands at 25.4, which exceeded the Mohammed Shami of India. More to come ..