Srinagar: The Pakistan star cricketer Shadab Khan has opened up on his recent struggles in International cricket.
Shadan in 2024 has been in a phenomenal touch, as the leg-spinner is the leading wicket-taker of the ongoing season with 16 scalps in seven matches.
He has taken three four-wicket hauls in the tournament, with the latest coming in the Strikers’ victory over Jaffna Kings.
However, Shadab Khan in the international circuit played 12 T20I matches this year, but bowled in only eight matches, taking a mere three wickets at an average of 73.66.
With the bat, he has scored 110 runs in nine outings at an average of 13.75.
“I was struggling for three months. I hadn’t taken a wicket in the last seven international games. I came here, started bowling and am now always taking wickets. That is the beauty of cricket,” Shadab was quoted as saying.
“You have to enjoy these types of scenarios as well… sometimes you perform, sometimes you don’t. But the process that you follow has to be consistent,” he added.
Shadab Khan then went on to recall his first outing in the LPL 2024, highlighting the pitch’s helpfulness for the spinners before emphasizing the need for variations to flourish in the shortest format.
“The pitch was helping us as it was a bit slow and gripping a bit… But T20 cricket is very hard nowadays, as 200 is easily changeable. As a spinner, you have to have your variations because on flat tracks, if you don’t have variations, you can go for runs,” Shadab stated.
“But if you have variation, you can take wickets as well as contain runs. So that is very important, and it is also important that you land it in a good area,” he added.