In his very first game, he snared a hat-trick against Kandy Falcons and has since gone on to take 16 wickets, the most by any bowler so far in this LPL season. Updated: July 16, 2024 2:58 PM IST By Lanka Premier League (LPL) player and Pakistan leg-spin allrounder Shadab Khan is having a memorable debut in LPL Season 5 with Colombo Strikers. In his very first game, he snared a hat-trick against Kandy Falcons and has since gone on to take 16 wickets, the most by any bowler so far in this LPL season.

As the LPL caravan moved from Dambulla to Colombo, his team’s home base, Shadab picked up his third four-wicket haul of the tournament, against Jaffna Kings at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. It has been a remarkable turnaround for Shadab by his own admission; having not taken a single wicket for Pakistan for a while, he has been enjoying the conditions in Sri Lanka, particularly at his team’s home ground Colombo. “I was struggling for three months.

I hadn’t taken a wicket in last seven international games. I come here, start 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 after taking 4/10 from his four overs against Jaffna Kings. Talking about his first outing this season in Colombo, Shadab said that the pitch was helpful for spinners, but added that a T20 bowler needs to have v.