WATCH: Mohammad Rizwan sledges Kevin Sinclair during Multan Test; video goes viral
Viral moment: Pakistan wicketkeeper's taunt during Pakistan vs West Indies Test.
Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan took to sledging on Day 2 of the first Test played between Pakistan and West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on Saturday. Notably, the hosts completely dominated the game as they had finished Day 2 with a sizeable lead of 202 runs in their second innings.
Earlier, after getting bowled out for 230 runs, Pakistan clawed back into the game as the spin duo of Noman Ali and Sajid Khan spun a web to bamboozle the West Indies batters completely. As a result, the visitors got folded for a paltry 137 in their first innings. However, when the Caribbean side were six down with just 42 runs on the board, Kevin Sinclair arrived at the crease. But Rizwan took no time in welcoming him by sledging him
“Yeah brother, come to the graveyard. You enjoying the bowling brother,” said Rizwan as the stump mic caught his banter with Sinclair upon his arrival.
Check out the viral Rizwan-Sinclair moment here:
Pakistan wrapped up West Indies on Day 3 for huge win
Meanwhile speaking of the overnight gameplay, hosts Pakistan began their first innings with Mohammad Rizwan (51*) and Saud Shakeel (56*) occupying the crease with the score reading 143/4. Both batters stitched a 141-run stand between them before Sinclair denied Shakeel a century by dismissing him on 84. Thereafter, the tail showed no resistance as Sinclair and Jomel Warrican finished with five wickets between them to restrict Pakistan to 230. Rizwan also failed to convert his fifty into a century as he perished on 71 after Sinclair trapped him in front of the wickets to claim an LBW (Leg Before Wicket) dismissal.
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Despite having bowled out in quick time, Pakistan gained an important 93-run lead as West Indies got rattled completely. Then in the second innings, Skipper Shan Masood led the batting from the front by scoring a vital half-century (52), before Warrican ran through the rest of the batting lineup with a sensational seven-wicket (7/32) haul in the second innings.
In reply to chasing a target of 251, the visitors got off to a horrid start as half the side went back to the hut in a matter of 10 overs with the score reading 54/5 at one stage. West Indies never recovered from these early jolts and succumbed to the spin duo of Pakistan. As a result, the hosts won the Test by an emphatic 127 runs as they folded the visitors for 123 on Day 3 itself.
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