[Watch] 47-year-old Shahid Afridi bamboozles Tim Paine with a perfect yorker in WCL 2024 match

Pakistan Champions all-rounder Shahid Afridi proved that age is just a number with his fantastic performance in the World Championship of Legends. Playing against Australia Champions at Edgbaston, Afridi bowled a spell of 2/34 and then scored an unbeaten 11* (5) to help Pakistan Champions win by five wickets.

Younis Khan, the Pakistan Champions captain, won the toss and opted to field first at Edgbaston. Australia Champions started brilliantly as opener Aaron Finch blasted a 40-ball 68 at the top of the order.

At one stage, it looked like the Australia Champions would easily cross the 200-run mark, but Shahid Afridi came into the attack and took two wickets off two balls to stun the Aussies. He first cleaned up Ben Cutting before rattling Tim Paine's stumps on the first ball he faced.

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Paine had no idea that Afridi would fire a yorker at him as he danced down the track only to miss the ball and lose his stumps. Afridi celebrated in his old style as he got two wickets off two balls.

Shahid Afridi smashed the winning hit for Pakistan Champions in their first match of WCL 2024

Pakistan Champions slumped to 79/4 in the ninth over while chasing a 191-run target. Australia Champions seemed the favorites, but a magnificent half-century from captain Younis Khan and an unbeaten 46 from Misbah-ul-Haq brought Pakistan Champions back into the contest.

Xavier Doherty trapped Khan in front of his stumps, with Pakistan Champions needing 22 runs off 12 balls. Shahid Afridi walked out to the middle and played a handy cameo of 11 runs from just five deliveries, hitting two fours.

The Legends in Green needed three runs off three balls when Afridi smashed a four against Brett Lee to seal the deal for his team. Afridi won the Moment of the Match at the post-match presentation for his double strike.