Pakistan cricket team and committing comical mistakes on the field are a match made in heaven. Every now and then, the cricketing world witnesses Pakistani players committing blunders that are not really expected from players who play international cricket.
On Saturday (November 4), it was Hasan Ali’s turn to commit the blunder on the field during the must-win game against New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The incident took place in the very final over of New Zealand’s innings when Mitchell Santner was facing left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi.
On the third ball of the over, the New Zealand spinner miscued a slower ball outside off stump towards the leg side. Hasan Ali was standing at long-on and with the ball falling well in front of him, he kept charging in. The Pakistan pacer had the opportunity to take the catch but he did not even try it and let the ball fall on the ground.
The immediate reaction of a fan right after Hasan Ali’s action said it all as she simply couldn’t believe what had just happened. Santner then added salt to the pacer’s wounds by slamming the next ball for a six.
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Just Hasan Ali & Pakistan doing Pakistani things #PakistanCricketTeam #PAKvNZ #ICCCricketWorldCup pic.twitter.com/85gyUpKPHN
— Johatsu (@The_Johatsu) November 4, 2023
Talking about the game, New Zealand piled up a record total of 401 for 6 in the allotted 50 overs after Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first. Rachin Ravindra starred with the bat once again as he scored his third century of the World Cup to lead New Zealand’s charge with the bat. He scored 108 runs and shared a crucial 180-run stand with skipper Kane Williamson who scored 95 on his return.
Shaheen Afridi breaks Hasan Ali’s record:
During the game, Shaheen Afridi also broke the record of conceding the most runs in an innings in the ODI World Cup by a Pakistan bowlers.
The record was previously held by Hasan Ali who had conceded 84 runs against India in the 2019 World Cup. And on Saturday, Shaheen Afridi ended up conceding 90 runs.
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