Eng vs Pak: It is not a mode of dismissal you witness every day. Veteran Shoaib Malik fell prey to an embarrassing dismissal during the 4th ODI. It happened in the 47th over of the match when Malik was looking to change gears and pick boundaries. He backed away, gave himself room to get the width. What he did next is bizarre, he hit the wickets with his bat attempting a cut shot. England players had a good laugh at it after they saw it on the giant screen. Malik’s 26-ball 41 blitz came to an end with that dismissal. His dismissal even got social media laughing as some fans asked, ‘Whose wicket it is?’
Here is how Twitter reacted.
Pakistan, only Pakistan can produce such gold comedy moments so frequently on the cricket field.
— Yash (@yash_gy77) May 17, 2019
Wow😂
— Shakeeb Arshad (@ArshadShakeeb) May 17, 2019
Wicket goes to who? 🤣🤣
— Shyamika Perera (@ShyamikaD) May 17, 2019
Hahahaha…hit wicket of the century…
— Abhishek Pandey (@paandey1993) May 17, 2019
He is playing tennis 🎾🤣🤣
— PRAVEEN REDDY (@05munnapraveen) May 17, 2019
Hard luck Jiju..☹️
— moumi (@moumideychowdh1) May 17, 2019
Spot fixing!!
— Matt Hough (@Hough99) May 17, 2019
he’s last remnant of match fixers era so not surprised.
— ali ahmad (@aliahmadniceguy) May 17, 2019
Jiju @realshoaibmalik kya kar rahe ho please koi aur pakistani hota to jyada acha hota … hum has paatey aur acha😅
But then Tennis to @MirzaSania Jiji hi sikha sakti to samjh aata kyun hua aisa 😉https://t.co/VMar19SQ78 — Harry Manchanda 🇮🇳 (@HarmanManchanda) May 17, 2019
Just pakistan things
— Raju Pahadi (@RajuPaahadi) May 18, 2019
Meanwhile, Pakistan lost the match by three wickets despite posting a mammoth 340 in their allotted 50 overs. Jason Roy (114 off 89 balls) and Ben Stokes (71* off 64 balls) starred as England won the game with three balls to spare.