“Is he trying to fly or what?”- Fans react to Mohammad Rizwan’s costly error that got him run out against Nepal during Asia Cup

Costly error makes Rizwan miss his half century. Rizwan was 44 off 49 and played the ball on the off side. 

“Is he trying to fly or what?”- Fans react to Mohammad Rizwan’s costly error that got him run out against Nepal during Asia Cup

Mohammad Rizwan (Image via X)

On the 24th over, Pakistan batter Mohammad Rizwan tried to take a quick single off Sandeep Lamichhane but ended up making a very costly error. Rizwan was 44 off 49 and played the ball on the off side. 

Dipendra Singh Airee brilliantly collected the ball and accurately hit the non-striker’s end where Rizwan was running to. Thinking the ball could hit him, Rizwan leapt up with both feet up in the air. This proved to be a fatal mistake. Airee managed to run out the batter thanks to Rizwan’s mistake. Replays showed Rizwan jumping to avoid the ball, but unfortunately it cost him his wicket. 

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Fans were quick to joke about the way Rizwan got out cheaply. Some users called it a brain-fade moment while others asked if he was trying to fly. R Ashwin being R Ashwin immediately gave his 2 cents regarding how Rizwan ran himself out. Ashwin thinks the height of the throw caused Rizwan to move like that, especially when Rizwan didn’t have his helmet on. 

Check out their reactions here: 

https://twitter.com/OxygenKohli18/status/1696847808190697626?s=20

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Babar and Rizwan during their match against Nepal (Images via X)

After losing both openers in the first 7 overs, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan had stitched up a partnership of 86 runs off 106 balls. After Rizwan got run out, Agha Salman came in at No. 5, but got out cheaply after reverse sweeping Lamichhane to Bhurtel. 

But in came Iftikhar Ahmad, and both together have built up a partnership of 177 runs off 115 balls. Pakistan has an over left to bat, with both Babar and Iftikhar looking in great touch, with any ball they hit going flying across the boundary.  Babar scored 151, whereas Iftikhar just hit his first ODI century, scoring 109 runs. Pakistan finishes their innings with 342 runs on the board, losing 6 wickets.

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