WATCH: Asif Ali drops sitter vs Australia; Pakistani fan’s reaction goes viral

Dixit Bhargav | 12/06/2019
WATCH: Asif Ali drops sitter vs Australia; Pakistani fan's reaction goes viral

Asif Ali drops sitter vs Australia: Pakistan’s middle-order batsman dismissed a couple of catches vs Australia at Taunton today.

During the 17th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between Australia and Pakistan at Taunton, Pakistan middle-order batsman Asif Ali dropped a couple of catches to let his team and fans down in the first innings.

With both the catches being dropped off Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz, it continued his misfortune in World Cup matches against Australia.

The first mistake happened on the fourth delivery of the 13th over when Australia captain Aaron Finch’s attempt of punching a short delivery by Riaz saw him edging the ball to Asif Ali at first slip. After the Pakistani dropped the catch, the ball went for a boundary to act as salt to his wounds.

Finch, who was batting at 26* at that moment, ended up scoring 82 (84) with the help of six fours and four sixes.

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On the first delivery of the 37th over, Asif Ali once again game under the scanner as he dropped Australia opening batsman David Warner at third-man. The southpaw’s attempt to upper cut a Riaz delivery saw him hitting it straight to Asif Ali, who made a mess of the same.

Warner, who was batting at 104* at that moment, couldn’t do much damage as Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed him on 107 in the next over.

After the second drop, a Pakistani fan sitting behind Asif Ali was seen as highly disappointed. Since then, his reaction has gone viral across social media platforms.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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