Shaheen Afridi had to bowl high full tots in the Big Bash League, he stopped bowling Gujarati

In the second match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26, there was a clash between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Renegades in Geelong. Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi played his first BBL match in this match for Brisbane Heat, but his debut was not special. Batting first, Melbourne Renegades scored a strong score of 212 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Meanwhile, Shaheen Shah Afridi conceded a lot of runs and for breaking the rules, he was stopped from bowling in the middle. This match proved to be a nightmare for Shaheen Shah Afridi. He bowled only 2.4 overs in his spell and gave away 43 runs, without taking a single wicket. Its economy rate was more than 16.

The biggest problem came when the umpire stopped him from bowling further due to bowling two dangerous high full toss (beamer) balls in his third over. According to the rules of cricket, a bowler is removed from the over for bowling two dangerous high full tosses (beamers) in an over. Due to this rule, Shaheen was also removed from bowling in the middle overs. Shaheen Afridi proved to be tough in this match from the very beginning. He had spent 9 runs in his first over. After that, the second over was more expensive, in which he gave 19 runs. But he was a complete flop in the third over, where he gave away 15 runs in just 4 balls, which included 3 no-balls.

On the other hand, Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s BBL debut was also not special. Rizwan, who played for Melbourne Renegades, could score only 4 runs despite facing 10 balls. However, his team was successful in making a big score. Melbourne Renegades scored 212 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, which included Tim Seifert’s brilliant century of 102 runs.