VIDEO | Sarfraz Ahmed’s horrible decision exhaust Pakistan's review again

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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Bertrand Russell had famously stated that the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt. The adage survived the test of time because it is on point and Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed proved it by taking yet another DRS review in haste that was not out.

Pakistan were playing their second Test against New Zealand after losing the first one in an exemplary fashion that pronounced the mistakes a Test side should never ever do. One of the glaring errors of Pakistan in the previous Test was their horrible DRS reviews, which if taken judiciously, could have turned the tides way back.

And it seems Sarfraz approached the second Test without attending those whatsoever. After declaring their first innings for a decent lead of 418 runs, Pakistan were sailing steadily as the Kiwis were all out for 90 runs and were asked to bat again. However, the Kiwis started stronger this time after the early wicket of Jeet Raval with four consecutive decent knocks by Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, and Henry Nicholls. 

Pakistan, however, were under no pressure, which was seen in Yasir Shah’s confident bowling as he ended the match with 14 wickets. The incident happened in the 60th over of the second innings. With both Latham and Williamson sent back to the pavilion, Taylor was trying to forge a stand with Nicholls.  Mohammad Abbas’ accurate delivery saw the ball skidding inside, beating Taylor’s defence with both Sarfraz and Abbas appealing in excitement.

The umpire looked discouraged and Taylor also signalled his bat to further confuse umpire Paul Reiffel. Sarfraz looked uber confident about his decision and straight away went for the review. While the review showed it missed the bat for sure, HawkEye also revealed that the reverse swing was so much that it missed the leg stump by a good few inches. Pakistan had already lost a review and it led to robbing them off both.

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