PSL | Twitter laughs as dazed Sarfaraz yo-yos at Roussow's behest in ridiculous run-out

Quetta Gladiators buckled under pressure in Multan against Karachi Kings to lose wickets in a flurry enroute to an underwhelming first innings total of 118. While most scalps fell as a result of poor shot-making and disciplined bowling by the trio of Hasan Ali, Blessing Muzarabani, and Zahid Mahmood, Sarfaraz's Ahmed dismissal was simply a case of self-destruction as the former Pakistan skipper sacrificed himself in the aftermath of horrendous miscommunication with team captain Rilee Roussow.

Sarfaraz was up against Blessing on the second ball of the 12th over when he opened the face of the bat to guide a length ball towards gully and sprinted across the deck for a quick single. However, the 36-year-old's focus was fixated on the Kookaburra throughout instead of his partner and the batter nonchalantly turned around after reaching the halfway mark of the track without signaling the same to Roussow. As a result, the Proteas reached the batting end pretty much along with the turned-around Sarfaraz and the Pakistani realized his mistake to make another U-turn to head towards the non-striker's end. Even though the initial direct hit attempt did not hit the target, the Kings had enough time to collect the rebound and lob it towards Blessing to effect a simple run-out thus sending Sarfaraz packing for a paltry seven.

Twitterati was in disbelief at the sheer scale of non-professionalism on display in the elite franchise tournament and took little time to express their dissatisfaction.

Hilarious Sarfaraz bhai at his best!

That was so funny!

That was funny af!

How can he mess up this!

Bhai run tho pura karne dho yaar!

What?

He should retire?

He just gave up!

Good record already!

LOL!