WATCH: Sarfaraz Ahmed faces an embarrassing situation as he fails to execute the no-look run out vs Afghanistan

Gurpreet Singh | 30/06/2019
WATCH: Sarfaraz Ahmed faces an embarrassing situation as he fails to execute the no-look run out vs Afghanistan

Sarfaraz Ahmed faces an embarrassing situation while trying to emulate MS Dhoni’s no-look run out vs Afghanistan at Headingley

The ‘mercurial’ Pakistan Cricket Team, under skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed have yet again managed to keep their 2019 World Cup dreams alive as they beat the gritty Afghanistan side in an absolute humdinger of a game by 3 wickets at Headingly, Leeds.

The Afghanistan side yet again, akin their game against India fell agonizingly short of a debut World Cup victory in the ongoing edition. With this win, Pakistan have, for the first time moved to the 4th spot in the points table, pushing the Hosts England down to the 5th.

However, the Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed had to face an embarrassing situation when he miserably failed to attempt the ‘no-look’ run-out- for which the Indian wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni is popular for.

Sarfaraz was also run-out in the second innings in a dramatic fashion, in what can be called a possible brain fade moment of indecision.

Sarfaraz acts in haste

It all happened in the final delivery of the first innings being bowled by Mohammad Amir. It was a low full toss, which driven towards the long-on fence by Afghanistan’s mystery spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman. Being the last ball of the innings, Mujeeb had made up his mind to go for the second run.

The fielder stationed at the long-on fence, threw the ball towards Sarfaraz at the striker’s end for a possible run-out. Sarfaraz was quick to collect the ball which was thrown a bit wide to the right of the stumps, but hastily tried to flick the ball at the stumps without even looking at them, only to miserably fail in the process.

What was more comical, was the fact that after the miss, Sarfaraz collided with Mujeeb- who was scampering back real quick and tumbled down on the ground to prevent him taking the extra run off the overthrow.

WATCH: Sarfaraz Ahmed faces an embarrassing situation while trying to emulate MS Dhoni’s no-look run out

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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