Pakistan’s number 3 in test matches Azhar Ali is a wonderful batsman and really good fielder, but like every other player, he too faced some embarrassing moments. One of those moments was his drop catch against English batsman Ian Bell during a test match.
It was a home series for Pakistan so this test match was played in the UAE. Ian Bell was batting while Pakistani captain Misbah operating with left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar. There were a lot of close fielders present near the batsman and Azhar Ali was one of them.
He was standing close to the pitch on the offside. Bell tried to break the shackles when he advanced down he track against Babar and hit him sweetly on the off side. the ball hit the middle of the bat but went straight into Azhar Ali.
Azhar tried to move away from the impact of the ball but failed and the ball hit him on the thigh and again went aerial to the right of Azhar. Azhar then heard screams of catching it from the other fielders and got confused.
He was absolutely baffled and made some really funny moves and at the end, he just put his hands up hoping that the ball will land into his hands. No other fielder tried to give him the exact location of the ball.
It was to his right and had he known it there were chances that he could have grabbed it up. Ultimately the ball fell to the ground. After that, there were just laughs and more laughs from Misbah and other fielders. Commentators Michael Atherton and Ian Botham enjoyed the drop as well. These were some absolutely hilarious scenes.
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