Watch: Saud Shakeel drops simple catch against Bangladesh, video goes viral

Day 2 of the ongoing second Test between the two teams saw more of Pakistan’s woes on the pitch when Saud Shakeel failed to make an easy catch against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi.

It is noteworthy because Pakistan scored 274 runs in the first innings while batting first, and Shakeel had the opportunity to give his team an early lead when Bangladesh took the pitch. Shadman Islam, the opener for Bangladesh, edged Mir Hamza’s opening delivery of the innings to sixth slip.

Saud Shakeel, though, was unable to grab the opportunity.

Commentators were quick to point out that it was a legitimate catch, and match umpire Richard Kettleborough’s response went viral as well.

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The identical video clip has been widely shared on social media. Speaking of the match between Bangladesh and Pakistan, the hosts lost Abdullah Shafique for a duck when they elected to bat first.

Saim Ayub and Shan Masood, on the other hand, stabilised the innings when the opener was dismissed early and contributed 58 and 57 runs, respectively. In 77 deliveries, Babar Azam scored 31 runs, and Saud Shakeel contributed 16 more runs to the score.

In addition, Pakistan managed to record a total of 274 runs in the first innings thanks to 29 runs from Mohammad Rizwan and 54 runs from Salman Agha. Regarding Bangladesh, Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed the most wickets for his team in the first innings with five; Taskin Ahmed claimed three, Nahid Rana and Shakib Al Hasan each claimed one.

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Pakistan was looking for a major improvement and a tie to end the series after losing the opening Test. However, Bangladesh will win the series hands-down if they are able to defeat Pakistan once more.