PAK All-Rounder Shadab Khan Reflects On His Tough Time

Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan made a terrific comeback in the Lanka Premier League Season 5 with the Colombo Strikers. Playing his very first game, Shadab picked up a hat-trick against the Kandy Falcons. As of now, the wrist spinner has scalped 16 wickets which is the most by any bowler so far in this LPL season. Shadab opened up about his struggles while playing on the international circuit.

Now that the LPL caravan has shifted from Dambulla to Colombo, Shadab snapped his third four-wicket haul of the tournament against the Jaffna Kings at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

“I was struggling for three months. I hadn’t taken a wicket in the last seven international games. I came here, started bowling and am now always taking wickets. That is the beauty of cricket. You have to enjoy these types of scenarios as well… sometimes you perform, sometimes you don’t. But the process that you follow has to be consistent,” Shadab said, as quoted from a press release by LPL.

Shadab spoke about his first outing in the league and said that the pitch was helpful for spinners.

“The pitch was helping us as it was a bit slow and gripping a bit… But T20 cricket is very hard nowadays, as 200 is easily changeable. As a spinner, you have to have your variations because on flat tracks, if you don’t have variations, you can go for runs. But if you have variation, you can take wickets as well as contain runs. So that is very important, and it is also important that you land it in a good area,” he added.

The 25-year-old player is looking to contribute with both bat and ball for his franchise in the ongoing Lanka Premier League Season 5 .