{"id":102251,"date":"2026-02-26T12:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102251"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:48:06","slug":"shahid-afridi-shaheen-afridi-former-captain-explains-reason-behind-dropping-star-pacer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/shahid-afridi-shaheen-afridi-former-captain-explains-reason-behind-dropping-star-pacer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shahid Afridi Shaheen Afridi: Former captain explains reason behind dropping star pacer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"869\">Former Pakistan captain <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shahid Afridi<\/span><\/span> has shared an interesting story about fast bowler <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shaheen Shah Afridi<\/span><\/span>. Shahid Afridi Shaheen Afridi became a hot topic after his recent interview on a private TV channel. He said he deliberately did not pick Shaheen in his team to make him angry and push him to perform better.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"1067\">Afridi said Shaheen was not part of his playing eleven at that time. However, he knew how to get the best out of him. He believed the decision would trigger a strong reaction from the fast bowler.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1255\">He explained that sometimes players respond positively to such situations. Afridi added that he understood Shaheen\u2019s mindset very well and knew he would not accept being left out easily.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1417\">The former captain also shared that he had already told his daughter about this. He said Shaheen would show his ability whenever he got the opportunity to play.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1570\">Afridi further said he had seen Shaheen\u2019s fighting spirit before. He believed such steps can motivate certain players to prove themselves on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has shared an interesting story about fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi. Shahid Afridi Shaheen Afridi became a hot topic after his recent interview on a private TV channel. He said he deliberately did not pick Shaheen in his team to make him angry and push him to perform better. Afridi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":102254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[1583,1163,1983,34154,36570,36569],"class_list":["post-102251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-pakistan-cricket-team","tag-shaheen-afridi","tag-shahid-afridi","tag-pakistan-cricket-news","tag-shaheen-afridi-performance","tag-shahid-afridi-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102255,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102251\/revisions\/102255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}