Overview
- He edged a moving Tom Curran delivery to first slip, where Glenn Maxwell took the catch early in the second over.
- The dismissal was his third single-digit score in four games for the Sydney Sixers, offset only by a 58 off 42 against the Thunder, for 71 runs at roughly a 110 strike rate this season.
- The high-profile recruit was signed to stabilize the Sixers’ top order, yet repeated early exits have increased pressure on his place and role.
- The current lull mirrors a broader T20 dip after he was dropped from Pakistan’s T20I side to lift his strike rate, then returned in October with 277 runs at a 113.52 strike rate.
- Other Pakistan internationals have also started slowly in the BBL, with Mohammad Rizwan out for 4 and Shaheen Afridi taken off after two over-head-high no-balls.