BAN vs IND | Twitter labels Shakib Al Hasan ‘dishonest’ despite his ‘not very sure’ gesture over outrageous attempted catch

12/10/2022

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Cricket fields often produce outstanding catches by players which leave every fan in disbelief, as do some outstanding efforts. However, if one does not accept that he has dropped a catch, something that Shakib Al Hasan did on Saturday, it takes little time for people to express criticism.

Having already lost the three-match ODI series in Bangladesh, India are on a mission to pull one back in the third match on Saturday in Chattogram’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium before they move on to the Tests. Ishan Kishan replaced Rohit Sharma for the encounter, who injured his thumb while fielding during the second game. The left-handed opener made his mark straightaway, unbeaten on 107 off 88 balls with 15 fours and two sixes to his name at the time of writing. India, riding on him and Virat Kohli’s 49-ball 47, raced to 163/1 after 24.1 overs.

However, Kishan might not have reached the three-digit mark, had Shakib Al Hasan’s desperate attempt become successful during the 20th over of India’s innings. Kishan had lofted Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s short-of-length delivery through deep mid-wicket. Shakib ran to his right from and threw both his hands at it to pluck the ball from thin air after diving. The Bangladeshi all-rounder got what he wanted after grabbing the ball with his right hand, but while landing his dive, it went into his left hand with a drop in between.

Shakib was not sure about what had occurred and told the umpires to double-check. Replays showed that the ball had clearly bounced before the ball exchanged hands, and gave Ishan not out. Yet, Twitterati came up to criticize Shakib, claiming that the Bangladeshi must have admitted the dropped catch in the first place after making a mistake.

WOW! He tried to claim that

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— MAHARAJ JI (@MAHARAJ96620593) December 10, 2022

Absolutely poor

Shakib Al Hasan Is A Cheater, Poor Ambassador Of The Game
— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) December 10, 2022

Ridiculous

#IndvBan This clearly fell on the ground..Shakib appeals for the catch of Kishan.. Thats ridiculous.. It fell on the ground in front of his eyes.. Kishan is safe.. pic.twitter.com/hT1k34bZs0
— Anurag Sinha (@anuragsinha1992) December 10, 2022

But it didn't

It would have been chamatkar movie level stuff if Shakib managed to catch that without it bouncing even once.#BANvsIND #Crickettwitter
— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) December 10, 2022

Blind guy...

Abe Shakib andha hai kya the ball literally bounced in front of his eyes lol.
— Archer (@poserarcher) December 10, 2022

True

Great effort but not in great spirit to claim that catch. @Sah75official #INDvsBAN #3rdODI
— Vijay Tagore (@vijaymirror) December 10, 2022

LOL

Shakib al Hasan was giving tribute to this iconic moment while claiming that catch 😭 #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/GzM2HXWHWE
— sohom 🇦🇷 (@AwaaraHoon) December 10, 2022

God knows how!