South Africa vs Pakistan: Sharjeel Khan hilariously misjudges a catch in 2nd T20I

Pakistan fielders and committing comical mistakes on the field is a match made in heaven. Barring a few exceptions, most of the Pakistan players have earned the reputation of not being the best fielders. Time and again, one has seen the Pakistan fielders making heavy weather of the easiest of catches. And the latest player from to do something similar is Sharjeel Khan.

Incidentally, the game was Sharjeel’s first for Pakistan in four years. Recently, he had faced criticism for his poor fitness and the recent incident would surely give his critics another reason to take shots at him. The left-handed batsman came up with a poor effort during the second T20I against South Africa in Johannesburg on Monday.

The incident took place on the third ball of the 13th over when Usman Qadir was bowling to George Linde. Qadir bowled a googly and Linde decided to loft it over the fielder at long-on. He, however, could not make good contact with the ball.

The ball hit the bottom of his bat and was going straight to Sharjeel at long-on before the Pakistan opener decided to make a mess of it. He completely misjudged the catch and ran too far in. The ball landed well behind him as Sharjeel was left expressing surprise over what just happened. In the meantime, the fielder at long-off came running in and stopped the ball from going past the boundary ropes.

Here’s the video:

South Africa level series

Talking about the second T20I, South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets to draw level in the four-match series. Batting first, Pakistan could only post a modest total of 140 for 9 in the allotted 20 overs. With their in-form opener Fakhar Zaman out of the contest, Pakistan were off to a poor start as their openers Mohammad Rizwan (0) and Sharjeel Khan (1) failed to get going.

Skipper Babar Azam scored a run-a-ball 50 but it was not enough for Pakistan to get a good total. For the Proteas, Linde starred with the ball, taking 3 for 23. With the bat, South Africa chased down the total in 14 overs. Opener Aiden Markram starred with the bat, scoring 54 off 30.