Multan: 20-years-old Abdullah Shafiq stunned cricket pundits with his talent after scoring a century on T20 debut while representing Central Punjab (CP) against Southern Punjab (SP) in National T20 Cup 2020.
Abdullah played an important role in CP’s first triumph in this year’s event. He scored 102 off 58 balls laced with 11 boundaries and four maximums.
His knock impressed former and current cricketers and cricket fans across the country.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja loved the way Abdullah batted throughout the match. “What great talent is this 20-years-old Abdullah Shafique! A century on debut in first-class cricket and a century on debut today in T20 cricket. Proper batting, absolutely loved it,” he wrote on Twitter.
What great talent is this 20 year old Abdullah Shafique! Century on debut in first class cricket and century on debut today in T20 cricket. Proper batting, absolutely loved it.
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) September 30, 2020
Mohammad Hafeez was impressed with the young batsman’s technique. “Abdullah Shafique batting Technique & his process to score runs so far is love,” he mentioned.
https://twitter.com/MHafeez22/status/1311350613448568832
Pakistan’s Test skipper Azhar Ali also praise Abdullah’s match-winning knock for CP. “Abdullah Shafiq you beauty what a knock,” he wrote.
https://twitter.com/AzharAli_/status/1311363933383659520
Meanwhile, cricket fans also acknowledged Abdullah’s talent and they think the youngster will go long way for Pakistan.
very well played Abdullah shafiq on debut t20 100 pic.twitter.com/E1yicHyEEs
— Bismillah khan (@BismillahK) September 30, 2020
Abdullah Shafiq played every shot that a batsman is supposed to play
— Awais (@MaharSpeaks) September 30, 2020
Abdullah Shafiq 102* Brilliant batting. Youngster’s day. Hope to see few of them in Zimbabwe series. Not Malik & Hafeez.
— Aqeel (@AqeelViews) September 30, 2020
Abdullah Shafiq should be a lock for the next PSL.
— Arham (@legsidehack) September 30, 2020
In my whole life i have never seen a Pakistani youngster chasing 200 in T 20s like this. I repeat in my whole life. Take a bow Abdullah Shafiq
— Awais (@MaharSpeaks) September 30, 2020
Well done Abdullah Shafiq. Hopefully he’ll get a consistent run in PSL 2021 to push for World T20 selection.
— Naveed Nadeem (@naveednadeem91) September 30, 2020
Abdullah Shafiq has serious Potential to become a Star in future. Great Striking !
— Mani 🇵🇰 (@ManiTweets14) September 30, 2020
It must be noted here that Northern locked horns with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa whereas CP played against SP on the opening day of the National T20 Cup. By winning a match each, CP and Northern gained two points and grabbed the first two spots on the points table.
