Ravi Shastri's take on Pakistan's lead pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi

Indias former allrounder Ravi Shastri feels the reason behind Shaheen Shahs struggle in the Test is the pressureDuring the match Shastri while commentating said there is not enough support for Afridi in the bowling attack There is no other Pakistani bowler who has enough pace and due to that Afridi comes under pressure during the Test matches Shastri addedAlso ReadMitchell Marsh declines the role of Test opening batsman for AustraliaI think the real problem for Shaheen Afridi is the pressure of being the spearhead of this Pakistan attack and without much real support at the other end when it comes to pace genuine pace When you talk of Pakistan and when you talk of their fastbowling attack there is genuine pace all the time and you dont have one bowler here who is even close to a 140 So that puts immense pressure on someone like Shaheen Shastri was quoted by Pakistani sports TV channel Geo Super as sayingThe hosts made early inroads on Day 3 as nightwatchman Khurram Shahzad was worked over early by skipper Pat Cummins while opener ImamulHaq who battled hard on Day 2 and was unbeaten at stumps failed to build on to a significant scoreAlso ReadIND vs SA Shami ruled out of SA test series Deepak Chahar pulls out of ODIsFormer skipper Babar Azam who relinquished captaincy in the wake of Pakistans torrid run in the ODI World Cup earlier this year failed to come good with the willow as well He was snared by allrounder Mitchell Marsh for just 21 off 54 ballsMeanwhile Imams stubborn innings came to an end after Lyon removed him in the 75th over for a sedate 62The hosts took full control of the game bagging four wickets in the first session with the visitors still 284 runs in arrearsFollowing the resumption of play the Aussies would look to roll over the visitors quickly and build on the lead Though six down at the close of play in the opening session Pakistan still have some batting left to get closer to Australias firstinnings scoreAustralia started day two at 3465 following a century from explosive opener David Warner 164 in 211 balls with 16 fours and four sixes and 90 off 107 balls from Marsh with 15 fours and a sixUsman Khawaja and Travis Head also contributed handsomely with scores of 41 and 40 respectivelyComing down the order keeper Alex Carey added a valuable 34 runs helping Australia get to a massive 487 runs in 1132 oversAamer Jamal 6111 was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors in his debut TestPakistan ended the day second at 1322 in 53 overs in their first innings with Imam Ul Haq 38 and Khurram Shehzad 7 unbeaten at the creaseOpener Abdullah Shafique scored 42 off 121 balls with six fours but couldnt kick on Masood also looked to be going well at 30 off 43 balls with five fours before he fellWith ANI Inputs