World Cup 2023: Pakistan's hilarious fielding vs Australia in warm-up fixture leaves Shikhar Dhawan in splits - Video Highlights of the Day

Australia and Pakistan are locking horns in the tenth warm-up fixture of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Tuesday, October 03 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first and the decision was vindicated by his team who posted a massive score of 351/7 in their allotted 50 overs.

However, during the first innings of the match, a hilarious fielding effort by Mohamamad Wasim Jr and Mohammad Nawaz left everyone in splits. The incident took place in the 23^rd over as Marnus Labuschagne worked a delivery from Haris Rauf towards the leg side. Wasim and Nawaz, who were fielding deep on the leg side, began chasing the ball from opposite directions and were almost about to collide.

Hence, the duo gave up the chase thinking that the other might field the ball. However, the ball ended up going through their legs and reached the fence. The hilarious moment left everyone present at the stadium in splits. India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan also shared the video on his X account with the caption, ‘Pakistan & fielding never-ending love story 🥰😄😄#PakistanFielding #PakCricket.’

Watch the video here:

Pakistan & fielding never ending love story 🥰😄😄 #PakistanFielding #PakCricket pic.twitter.com/AJzT90hgNM

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) October 3, 2023

Glenn Maxwell stars with the bat for Australia

Coming back to the match, Australia got off to a great start as openers David Warner (48 off 33) and Mitchell Marsh (31 off 48) added 83 runs for the first wicket off 74 balls. Apart from them, Glenn Maxwell (77 off 71), Marnus Labuschagne (40 off 31), Cameron Green (50* off 40) and Josh Inglis (48 off 30) helped their side cross the 350-run mark.

Usama Mir was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan with his spell of 2/31 in five overs. In reply, Pakistan got off to a shaky start as they were reduced to 83/4 after 15 overs. However, after the early blows, Babar Azam (90 off 59) and Iftikhar Ahmed (83 off 85) stabilised the innings with their massive century partnership for the fourth wicket.

Checkout more highlights from the PAK vs AUS Warm up match here: