Dr. Babar Azam? Pakistan batter turns physio for Shaheen Afridi after injury

Babar Azam quickly turned into a ‘doctor’ on the field for Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi during the 3rd and final ODI against Australia in Perth on Sunday, November 10. Afridi was hit on the thumb o0n his bowling arm during the match and was seen in pain. The incident occured during the third ball of the 26th over when Adam Zampa and Sean Abbott were at the crease.

As Abbott had completed a run, a throw from the deep took an awkward bounce off the turf and struck Shaheen straight on his left thumb. The pacer would quickly go down on his haunches and needed tending from the medical team. Before the physios came out, Babar came to the rescue of his teammate and was seen massaging the thumb of Shaheen. The commentators also acknowledged the kind gesture from the star batter. You can see the full video below:

The physio would do his jobs as drinks were take on the field and Shaheen was able to continue to bowl again as the Pakistan bowlers would do another demolition job on the Aussie batters.

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Australia bundled out for 140

Pakistan had won the toss and put the hosts into bat, much like in Adelaide. It was a struggle for all the batters with Jake Fraser-McGurk’s poor form continuing as he was dismissed for just 7 runs. Aaron Hardie’s promotion to No.3 in the revamped side failed, while captain Josh Inglis also failed to make an impact with the bat.

Cooper Connolly’s injury compounded to the misery for Australia on the day as there were only 5 batters who went past the double-digit mark with Sean Abbott’s 30 being the highest. Shaheen and Naseem picked up 3 wickets each while Haris Rauf got 2 and Mohammad Hasnain 1.

Pakistan are on the cusp of history as they will end a 22-year wait for a series win in Australia if they can chase down 141 in Perth on Sunday.