featured-image

all-rounder Shadab Khan opened up on his struggle to deliver performances with the bat and ball in international cricket. Shadab Khan is enjoying his debut in Lankan Premier League Season 5 with Colombo Strikers. In the match against Kandy Falcons, the all-rounder claimed a hat-trick and has bagged 16 wickets which is the most by any bowler so far this season.

ADVERTISEMENT As the LPL caravan moved from Dambulla to Colombo, Shadab picked up his third four-wicket haul of the tournament against the Jaffna Kings at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. As Shadab Khan continues to rewrite record books, he opened up about his struggle to deliver for the Pakistan team. SL vs IND T20I series: Pandya to lead India against Sri Lanka, Gill or Suryakumar in the running for vice-captaincy "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.

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," Shadab said, as quoted from a press release by LPL. Shadab recalled his first outing in the league and expressed that the pitch was helpful for spinners.

But he went on to add that a bowler requires variations to be successful across conditions. "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 easil.

Back to Beauty Page