NEW DELHI: ‘Boom Boom’ Shahid Afridi, who played most prominent role to grab victory for Pakistan’s cricket team today, has hailed by Indian media; however, failed to get position in ‘highlighted pictures’.
Indian media in majority placed ‘positive’ headlines with name of outstanding performer, Shahid Afridi, in today’s match against Indian cricket team but didn’t published Boom Boom photos in their news except some.
Here is the data collected from some reliable news websites of India:
1. ESPNcricinfo:
2. Times of India (TOI):
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Match’s Short Overview:
Shahid Afridi’s magical batting led Pakistan to an amazing one wicket win over India in an Asia Cup match here at Mirpur.
Shahid Afridi hit last two sixes to get a dramatic win over India in a match which was almost a semi final of Asia Cup.
Pakistan needed 13 runs in the last over when Afridi hit two sixes to steal dramatic victory for Pakistan.
Before that the star batsman went ahead to capitalise on Muhammmad Hafeez and Sohaib Maqsood’s partnership and hit regular boundaries to win match for his team.