{"id":348340,"date":"2023-08-10T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T04:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=348340"},"modified":"2023-08-10T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T04:20:45","slug":"bishop-describes-babar-virat-dhoni-and-afridi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/bishop-describes-babar-virat-dhoni-and-afridi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop describes Babar, Virat, Dhoni and Afridi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> LAHORE<br \/>\nFormer West Indian fast bowler and renowned cricket commentator, Ian Bishop, have described Pakistan and Indian cricketers in one word.<br \/>\nIn a video segment with ESPNCricinfo, Bishop was asked to describe the likes of Babar Azam, MS Dhoni, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Virat Kohli, and Shahid Afridi.<br \/>\nBishop termed Babar as \u2018consistent, Dhoni as \u2018intellectual, Shaheen as \u2018showman\u2019, Kohli as \u2018graceful, and Shahid as \u2018superb.\u2019 Previously, the 53-year-old had named Babar as his all-time favorite cricketer from Pakistan.<br \/>\nWhen Babar amassed 5000 runs in ODI cricket, Bishop took over his Twitter to congratulate the Pakistan skipper.<br \/>\n\u201cSome of these Babar Azam drives today though. Happy 18th ODI century, &#038; Congrats on becoming the fastest to 5000 ODI runs. That\u2019s not to be taken lightly, given the great names he has surpassed,\u201d Bishop tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Former West Indian fast bowler and renowned cricket commentator, Ian Bishop, have described Pakistan and Indian cricketers in one word. In a video segment with ESPNCricinfo, Bishop was asked to describe the likes of Babar Azam, MS Dhoni, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Virat Kohli, and Shahid Afridi. 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