The saying is ‘catches one matches’ but Pakistan team player Abdullah Shafiq has made it a habit to drop catches in the series against Australia.
During the test played in Melbourne, in the second innings of Australia, Abdullah Shafiq dropped an easy catch of Mitchell Marsh for 20 runs.
In the press conference yesterday, Abdullah Shafiq said that dropping catches is a part of the game.
Mitchell Marsh stood on the wicket after the catch dropped. Australia’s match position also stabilized, before which Abdullah Shafiq dropped two more easy catches.
At the end of the third day of the Melbourne Test match, Australia scored 187 runs for 6 wickets in the second innings and took a lead of 241 runs against Pakistan.
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