BAN vs PAK: Pakistan fielders engage in synchronized fielding during first Test

Some exciting battle has been witnessed in the ongoing first Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The hosts unsurprisingly elected to bat after winning the toss and the decision has been pretty fruitful so far. While the top-order batters couldn’t come to the party,  Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das steadied the ship with a 206-run stand for the fifth wicket.

While Mushfiqur got dismissed for 91, Liton notched up a fantastic ton. Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi were among the wickets for Pakistan. Meanwhile, a synchronized fielding effort was on display on Day 2 of the contest. Imam-ul-Haq, who took the field as a substitute fielder, and Abdullah Shafique accidentally showcased great synchronization while chasing the ball.

Synchronized fielding on display

It was the last ball of the 95th over and Mehidy Hasan, batting at 0, played a juicy drive to open his account. Both Imam and Abdullah chased the ball in order to minimize the runs taken. While it was Imam who gathered the ball and threw it to the pitch, Abdullah synced his running and dive with the southpaw.

Apparently, the two fielders ran, dived and got up at the exact same time. Pretty evidently, the act wasn’t planned but the same makes the perfect synchronization even more astonishing. The clip of the incident got viral in no time and netizens were left amazed.

Speaking of how the game panned out, Bangladesh didn’t get off to a good start with Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali making the new ball talk. The duo made great use to the new ball and ran through Bangladesh’s top-order. As a result, the hosts were reeling at 49/4 at one stage. However, the home team’s fortunes changed after Liton and Mushfiqur joined forces.

The former even went onto reach the three-figure mark before falling prey to Hasan Ali for 114. With Bangladesh crossing the 300-run mark with two wickets remaining, they would be pretty satisfied with the way things panned out after the too-order failure. On the other hand, Pakistan should look to take the remaining wickets soon before handing over the baton to their batters.