Colombo:
The thrilling victory of Colombo Strikers over Jaffna Kings has sparked joy among cricket fans all over the world. With their recent performance against Jaffna Kings, Thisara Perera’s led team stood third on the points table after three victories out of six matches.
Talking about being his first Lanka Premier League season, Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan shares, “This is my first season. As you play, wherever you go and whenever you try to perform, you want it to be your best. So, I arrived here after three months of a struggling spell. I haven’t taken a wicket in my last seven international games and now I am here. So far whatever I am doing I am doing for my team.”
Talking not having much luck with the batting side and joining Colombo Strikers as an ace bowler and all-round player, Shadab shares, “I haven’t been able to keep good innings for my batting lineup. However, the fact that I’m bowling well makes me happy consequently, as a primary bowler and all-round player. Thus, it’s good news for both my team and me if I’m getting wickets.”
Talking about strengthening his bowling skills, Shadab adds, “I think it’s nothing I’ve just done hard work and as a cricket show you like, sometimes you perform, sometimes you don’t.
Also talking about scoring the top wickets in his LPL game, Shadab adds, “The process has to be consistent and I think my process was good regarding taking the most wickets in this LPL match. It is critical because in today’s T20 cricket scoring a 200 is easily altered and the game is extremely difficult. As a result, in order to take wickets and contain runs a spinner must be versatile.”