Srinagar: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has predicted that Pakistan’s young pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi would have started bidding war, if the pacer would have been part of Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
Pakistan players are barred from being part of cash rich IPL owing to political tensions between the two neighbouring countries.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who remains lively on his social media handles has said that Shaheen Afridi would have gone far around 14-15 crores in IPL auction.
“I have thought a lot about how crazy it would have been if Shaheen Afridi had been there in an IPL auction. A tall left-arm seamer who sets the game with the new ball and also unleashes yorkers at the death. He might have gone for 14-15 crore had he been there at the IPL auction,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
“All Pakistani fast bowlers clock 140-145 kph consistently. I don’t think any team in world cricket has such a rich backup of fast bowlers. Pakistan have always been a side with so much raw talent on display.”
“Imad Wasim is a notable exclusion from Pakistan’s squad. He has been a regular feature for them in the T20 format. But he is not there this time. Instead, they have gone for Mohammad Nawaz, who is very much like Ravindra Jadeja.”