PSL 2021: Shimron Hetmyer cheers up the atmosphere by imitating umpire's actions on field

The 2021 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has now resumed in Abu Dhabi and various players across the globe are plying their trade in the same. In one of the PSL matches that took place between Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings, West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer appeared in a fun mood.  Hetmyer was seen imitating Aleem Dar’s actions before he could signal a player out.

The event happened during the 3^rd ball of the 12^th over of Karachi’s innings in the game between the two teams. Imran Tahir caught Najibullah Zadran in front of the stumps and was up in front of the umpires as he appealed for LBW. Though Aleem Dar signalled the batsman out, the batsman decided to go for a review.

However, the decision turned out against the batsman and before Dar could raise his finger, Hetmyer stepped up to copy his actions. The umpire also seemed happy and moved smiling ad Zadran left for the dressing room.

Shimron Hetmyer turns the atmosphere lively

Talking about the match, Sultans were invited to bat first after losing the toss. They posted 176/5 in 20 overs where Rilee Rossouw and Khushdil Shad added good 44 runs each from their end. In the answer, Karachi Kings’ skipper Babar Azam smashed 85 runs but it couldn’t serve the entire purpose for them. They fell short of 12 runs and as their show got wrapped up on 164/7.

Imran Khan and Imran Tahir picked three and two wickets respectively in the game. Roussouw was declared as the player of the match. “We wanted to play brave cricket, and it paid off for me. That’s what the coach and the captain decided on for the team in the team meetings,” he stated after the match.

“ Every team tries to win, and the toss is not in our hands, so we didn’t think about the uncontrollable, so we just gave our best and ended up on the winning side. We tried deciding according to the conditions – 4 pacers, and 1 spinner, and we’ll keep deciding according to the conditions in the future matches,” said the winning skipper Mohammad Rizwan after the match.