Watch: Pat Cummins grabs a stunning return catch to dismiss Azhar Ali

Watch: Pat Cummins grabs a stunning return catch to dismiss Azhar Ali

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The ‘Captain Courageous’ Pat Cummins gives his 100 per cent to the team with bowling as well as displaying his fabulous fielding. In the third Test match between Australia and Pakistan, Aussie captain Pat Cummins sent Azhar Ali back to the dressing room with an excellent catch on Wednesday, March 23 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Karachi.

Azhar Ali was just behind a few runs to score another century. In the over of Cummins, Ali was at 78. Ali attempted to go for a straight drive but instead, it had gone to thin air and Cummins, being in his follow-through, stunned the batsman and snapped the ball with both hands. After Ali’s departure, Pakistan’s scoreboard read 241/3 and they were trailing by 150 runs.

Pakistan Cricket Board shared the video of the sensational catch.

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Australia had won the toss and opted to bat first on the first day. With the combined contribution of half-centuries of Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Cameron Green, and Alex Carey, Aussie scored 391 runs. Usman Khawaja missed his century as Sajid Khan had sent him back for 91 runs. Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took four wickets each.

Despite failing to convert the half-century to a century, Steve Smith, with his 59 runs in the first innings reached a milestone. With this knock of 59 runs, Smith scored a total of 7993 Test runs in 150 Test innings. He surpassed former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, who had scored 7,913 runs in 150 Test innings.

As the 3rd match is also heading towards a dull draw, Pakistan responded the score of 391 with Abdullah Shafique’s 81, Azhar Ali’s 78 and Babar Azam’s 67 runs. They were bundled out for 268 runs. Pat Cummins took the most wickets and conceded 56 runs at an economy rate of 2.33. He dismissed five batsmen, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Sajid Khan, and Nauman Ali. Mitchell Starc took four wickets and conceded 33 runs at an economy of 1.60. In the second innings, Australia just scored 11 runs as Day 3 ended. Day 4 will start with Khawaja and David Warner. Australia is now leading by 134 runs.

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