ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Watch - Naseem Shah aggressively charges at Daryl Mitchell, batter gives ice-cold response
Published - 19 Feb 2025, 03:46 PM | Updated - 19 Feb 2025, 03:54 PM
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Pakistan National Cricket Team pacer Naseem Shah has looked threatening with the ball in the ongoing match against the New Zealand National Cricket Team. The first match of the ICC Champions Trophy is taking place at the National Stadium in Karachi.
Pakistan National Cricket Team won the Toss and opted to field first. After a fiery start by the New Zealand National Cricket Team, the hosts made a strong comeback, and one of the major reasons behind that has been the right-arm pacer, Naseem Shah.
After Abrar Ahmed provided his team with the initial breakthrough of Devon Conway, Naseem Shah backed it up beautifully with the wicket of Kane Williamson. The pacer produced a peach and found the outside edge of the batter on a pitch, which looked very good for batting.
Naseem Shah starts off well in the Champions Trophy.
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An absolute pearler of a delivery to get rid of Kane Williamson in his first spell.#PAKvsNZ #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/vN25DXZA26
Naseem Shah has looked unplayable as he has troubled New Zealand batters
Since removing Kane Williamson, Naseem Shah has looked unplayable as he has troubled New Zealand batters, in particular, Daryl Mitchell. The fast bowler also had a go at the right-hander when he arrived at the crease and the moment went viral.
It happened during the second ball of the 9th over when Naseem Shah bowled a 137.3 kmph delivery that was full and shaped away after pitching. Daryl Mitchell came forward to negate the swing and played a drive back to the bowler.
However, this didn't amaze Naseem Shah as he charged at the batter, and this also involved the crowd. The pacer had his tail up and the fans were upbeat with every ball when the bowler was running in and was against Daryl Mitchell.
Watch: Naseem Shah goes hard at Daryl Mitchell during Pakistan vs New Zealand ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash
Here's the video:
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Naseem Shah bowls 5 overs in his first spell, gives away just 24 runs to put his team at top in PAK vs NZ match
Naseem Shah, in his first spell, bowled 5 overs and gave away just 24 runs. The fast bowler also picked one wicket and will be key for the Pakistan National Cricket Team in the death as well. He, by far, looked like the most threatening pacer as New Zealand batters also looked to just negate his overs.
New Zealand had a decent start with Devon Conway (10) and Will Young adding 39 runs for the opening partnership. The Black Caps lost two quick wickets but Young has held the fort for his team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener.
Will Young has slammed a terrific half-century and would be hoping to convert it into a big ton. Daryl Mitchell, on the other hand, didn't have a great outing. He negotiated the tricky phase but ended up giving his wicket to Haris Rauf as he was back in the hut after scoring 10 runs off 24 balls.
