{"id":3681,"date":"2023-08-26T13:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2023-08-26T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T13:52:47","slug":"babar-azam-fumes-gestures-to-nabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/babar-azam-fumes-gestures-to-nabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam fumes, gestures to Nabi with fingers after dishing cold post-match handshakes following PAK vs AFG ODI 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was furious after the match, and he ensured Afghanistan knew about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2nd ODI between\u00a0Pakistan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0was not for the faint-hearted. Afghanistan were on the cusp of registering a memorable win \u2013 their first against Pakistan in an ODI \u2013 before\u00a0Naseem Shah<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Shadab Khan<\/a>\u00a0stole victory from the jaws of defeat. After posting 300\/5 batting first riding on Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s glorious century, Afghanistan had Pakistan in a bit of a trouble at 211\/6. The equation boiled down to 27 needed off the last two overs when Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah switched gears. Shadab struck a six and a four off the last two balls of the 49th overs, leaving Pakistan with 11 to get off the 50th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drama then unfolded before the first ball of the final over could be bowled. As\u00a0Fazalhaq Farooqi<\/a>\u00a0ran in to bowl, he smartly ran Shadab out at the non-striker’s end. With Shadab backing too far, Farooqi took off the bails and after a referral with the third umpire, the batter was indeed given out sparking a raging controversy. As Shadab shook his head in disbelief while walking back with the entire Pakistan dugout fuming, Naseem Shah denied Afghanistan once again, smashing a four off the first ball and then hitting another four off the penultimate ball to help Pakistan secure a narrow one-wicket win. Naseem’s ending was similar to Pakistan’s win over Afghanistan at last year’s Asia Cup where he struck consecutive sixes off the last over to seal the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n