Overview
- Afridi is slated to debut on Monday in Geelong against the Melbourne Renegades, where he will face fellow Pakistan star Mohammad Rizwan.
- Brisbane’s reliance on the new signing has grown with Spencer Johnson ruled out for the season and Michael Neser retained by Australia’s Test squad.
- Afridi credited Mitchell Starc’s 2015 World Cup spells for shaping his fuller, swing-focused lengths.
- Starc’s current Ashes surge has taken him past Wasim Akram as the leading left-arm wicket-taker in Test cricket, underscoring the influence Afridi cites.
- Afridi brings 126 wickets in 96 T20Is at under eight runs an over, as the BBL also welcomes Pakistan teammates Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan.