Many new shots are seen in modern T20 cricket. Cricketers use every corner of the bat to score runs. The batsmen hit fours and sixes by playing all the excellent scoopshots. Upper cut, reverse sweep, switch hit, pick-up shot are all seen by cricket lovers. But the innovative shot played by Mohammad Harris in the Pakistan Super League on Friday is questionable whether such a shot has ever been seen before. In this context, it would not be wrong to call this shot Harris Special.
Peshawar Zalmi and Lahore Qalandars clashed in the second eliminator of the Pakistan Super League in Lahore on Friday. Peshawar won the toss and decided to bat first. Peshawar crossed the team’s 150-run mark in the 18th over of the first innings. In 17.4 overs, Shaheen Afridi hit a boundary and Peshawar crossed the 150-run mark.
The shot with which Harris took the team beyond 150 runs surprised everyone. Actually, Harris deliberately played reverse scoop with the opposite bat. This is how the boundary dies from the back of the bat, Harris showed the cricket world
Harris dropped Shaheen Afridi to the level of an average bowler in the match. Because, the way Harris hit fours and sixes with the bat, Afridi was feeling completely helpless. In 2.2 overs of the innings, Harris played a brilliant scoop shot to remove Afridi’s bat at 141 kmph. The ball goes outside the fine leg boundary. Harris collected six runs.
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Although such stormy innings of Harris failed, his team lost the match in Peshawar. Shaheen has the last laugh in Lahore. Peshawar, batting first, scored 171 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Harris scored 85 runs in 54 balls with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes. Babar Azam scored 42 off 36 balls. He hit 7 fours. Shaheen took 1 wicket for 41 runs in 4 overs.
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In response, Lahore won the match by scoring 176 runs for 6 wickets in 18.5 overs. Lahore secured the final ticket by winning the match by 4 wickets with 7 balls to spare. Mirza Baig scored 54 off 42 balls. Sikandar Raja scored 23 runs off 14 balls.
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