Injured Naseem Shah left the field in tears during India match: See video

It was the 19-year-old fast bowler's T20I debut. Called on to lead the Pakistan pace attack in the absence of an injured Shaheen Afridi, young Naseem Shah bowled with a lot of fire and pace at their opener in Asia Cup 2022.

Shah tasted success in the very first over, getting KL Rahul to play on a quickish one, and then nearly had the great Virat Kohli caught in the slips two balls later.


Later on in the Indian innings Shah returned to send back the dangerous SuryaKumar Yadav.

When Shah came on again to bowl the 18th over, when the chances were more or less even, he was cramping up badly and in severe pain.

The over was interrupted several times as Shah tried to relieve the pain in his leg muscles, even the physio was called in , but he still ran in hard and hurled the ball at speeds of 140kph+.

There was one particular delivery where Shah collapsed on his follow through, crying in pain and appealing at the same time as the ball crashed into Ravindra Jadeja's pads. A DRS review later showed the ball had pitched outside leg.

Shah hobbled back to his mark and came in and bowled again, but this time he pitched in the slot and Jadeja carted him over long on for a six. India had wrested back the advantage.

At the end of the Shah walked back to the hut for treatment and rest, and now a video has emerged that shows he was in tears as he left the field.

Shah surely was disheartened , but not disgraced. Despite the pain , the young pacer had stayed on to complete his quota.

India won the match in the final over, with Hardik Pandya cracking the winning six with just two balls to spare. Hardik's special allround effort (3/25 and 33 no) saved the day for India.