All hail Omaima Sohail, Pakistan's bowling lodestar
The New Indian Express|October 05, 2024
OMAIMA Sohail loves to bowl.
KALYANI MANGALE
All hail Omaima Sohail, Pakistan's bowling lodestar

By her own admission, she loves doing it even more against Sri Lanka. Take for example her best-ever T20I spell. It came against Chamari Athapaththu's side at Sylhet during the Asia Cup in 2022 where she took five wickets was one of the best days of her life. Looking at the recent edition of Asia Cup, this time hosted in Sri Lanka, Sohail found her mojo again, but Pakistan fell short in the semi-final.

So come the T20 World Cup, captain Fatima Sana knew the allrounder was up for the task.

"In a T20, you have to be involved in the game every minute," Sohail told this daily.

"And Sri Lanka have a lot of left-handers in their squad so, in my mind, I keep thinking whenever I get the opportunity, I want to be my best self for the team. Left-handers usually are susceptible against the offspinners so I had my advantage in that match-up," Sohail added. While having a skill is one thing, what makes Sohail different is the capacity she has to put those skills into use when her team needs her the most.

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