Winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Australia put up 40 runs in a couple of overs before Haris Rauf silenced Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matt Short in the fourth over. Soon, the momentum shifted with the visitors as Sufiyan Muqeem and Abbas Afridi complemented Rauf’s hard work in the middle overs by not letting the Aussies settle in the middle. Having already lost half their wickets, Tim David walked out in the middle with Aaron Hardie but failed to glitter, albeit the former was lucky for a dropped catch from Babar in the 15th over.
On the second ball of the 15th over, Rauf bowled on a length outside the stumps to David who middled an across the line slog flat. The ball wooshed straight towards mid wicket where Babar was stationed and the former Pakistan captain happened to miss out on the opportunity. The white rock thudded Babar’s palm before popping out to the ground, leaving the bowler furious. This was one of the seven catches dropped in the first innings, with many coming off Rauf’s bowling. The Twitterverse certainly felt for Rauf as the outburst was a result of the catching mishaps.
— Pandit Pranoob (@pranoob76889) November 16, 2024
Babar Azam in this match:
3 runs in 3 balls
1 important catch drop
10 wholesome edits moments pic.twitter.com/yvfpLe6rNY— c (@gayomarlic) November 16, 2024
Dropped
Good question
You wanted him to improve his SR because you all accused him of being selfish. Now Babar just got out when attempting to hit a six in only the 3rd ball of his innings. What will you all say now? pic.twitter.com/sA1rAyzOn2
— Challenger X (@MahdAdrees56) November 16, 2024
Babar drop catch didn’t cost much as Tim David gone in the same over. Lovely bowling from Haris Rauf pic.twitter.com/Gpa6iZw4AL
— Hassan Abbasian (@HassanAbbasian) November 16, 2024
Misfields
Rare sight
A rare sight as King Babar dropped the most difficult catch I’ve ever seen.
Don’t hate on him he tried his Best It happens on the Field Chin up king 👑….. pic.twitter.com/5PfQRDmbwZ— شاہ زین۔ (@federecobabar_2) November 16, 2024
Babar Azam dropped an easy catch.
Feel for Haris,two easy catches dropped off his bowling. pic.twitter.com/KI58lzS2wH— junaiz (@dhillow_) November 16, 2024
Dolly dropped
The best
Babar scored with SR of 100 whereas Farhan scored with SR of 50. Babar is still your best opener whether you agree or not.
— Usama Zafar (@Usama7) November 16, 2024
