The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is one of the iconic cricket venues located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. 

Inaugurated in January 1992, the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium replaced Pindi Club Ground as an international stadium in the city.

With a seating capacity of 15,000, it is the home ground of Islamabad United and Northern.

The stadium staged its first international cricket match, a one-day international played between hosts Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1992. Led by legendary Imran Khan, Pakistan won the match by 117 runs.

A year later, it hosted its first Test match that involved Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The hosts won the Test by 52 runs.

Almost three decades later, it staged its first T20 international played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in November 2020. 

Apart from international cricket, it has hosted several T20 domestic matches in the National T20 Cup and the Pakistan Super League. Let’s have a look at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Test records and stats:

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Test records and stats

Highest total

The England cricket team holds the record for the highest total at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. During the first Test of England’s tour of Pakistan in December 2022, the visitors posted a mammoth total of 657 in their first innings after electing to bat first. Harry Brook (153), Zak Crawley (122), Ollie Pope (108) and Ben Duckett (107) slammed scintillating centuries to help England register a record Test total at the venue. In reply, Pakistan scored 579 before England posted 264/7d in their second innings to set up a target of 343 in the fourth innings. Under the leadership of Ben Stokes, England bowled out Pakistan for 268 as the visitors won the Test by 74 runs.

Lowest total

The West Indies cricket team registered the lowest total at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. The Courtney Walsh-led side were bundled out for 139 in their second innings during the second Test of the West Indies�tour of Pakistan in 1997. Carl Hooper top-scored for the West Indies with 73 not out while Sherwin Campbell scored 34. Wasim Akram was the wrecker-in-chief for Pakistan with figures of 4/42. Earlier, Pakistan bowled out West Indies for 303 in the first innings after opting to field first. Later, the Wasim Akram-led Pakistan scored 471 in reply. Pakistan won the Test by an innings and 29 runs. 

Most runs

Former Pakistan cricketer Saeed Anwar scored the most runs at this ground in cricket’s longest format. The left-handed opening batter accumulated 546 runs in six Test matches at an average of 54.60 between 1994 and 2000. Saeed Anwar slammed two centuries and as many fifties at this venue in Test cricket. His compatriot Babar Azam is second on the list with 506 runs in six Test matches at an impressive average of 72.28.

Most wickets

Legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis picked up the most wickets at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. Between 1993 and 2000, the right-arm pacer bagged 23 wickets in five matches at an average of 27. He claimed two four-wicket hauls and one fifer at this venue in Tests. Former teammate Wasim Akram features second on the list with 16 wickets in five Tests.

Highest individual score

Former India cricketer Rahul Dravid registered the highest individual score at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. Batting at number three, Rahul Dravid scored 270 against hosts Pakistan in their first innings of the third Test in April 2004. His magnificent double century was laced with 34 fours and one maximum to help India post a huge total of 600 after the visitors bowled out Pakistan for 224. The Sourav Ganguly-led India later bundled out Pakistan for 245 in their second innings to win the Test by an innings and 131 runs.

Best bowling figures in an innings

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Zahid recorded the best bowling figures in an innings of a Test at this venue in 1996. The former right-arm pacer registered brilliant figures of 7/66 to help bundle out New Zealand for 168 in their second innings. Mohammad Zahid dismissed Bryan Young, Justin Vaughan, Adam Parore, captain Lee Germon, Nathan Astle, Chris Harris and Dipak Patel. Pakistan won the Test by an innings and 13 runs to level the two-match series 1-1.

Best bowling figures in a match

Mohammad Zahid also holds the record for the best bowling figures in a Test match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. The pacer took 11 wickets during the second Test of New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan in 1996. While Mohammad Zahid took four wickets for 64 runs in the first innings, he scalped seven wickets for 66 runs in the second innings. Zahid’s incredible bowling performance helped Pakistan win the Test by an innings and 13 runs.

Highest partnership

Pakistan’s Aamer Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq recorded the highest partnership at this ground in Test cricket. Aamer Sohail and Inzamam-ul-Haq forged a massive 323-run stand for the third wicket in their first innings of the second Test against West Indies in 1997. Aamer Sohail scored 160 while Inzamam-ul-Haq slammed 177. Pakistan won by an innings and 29 runs. 

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West Indies great Brian Lara’s unbeaten knock of 400 against England in 2004 is the highest individual Test score. The top-order player batted for nearly 13 hours as he became the first cricketer ever to score 400-plus runs in an international Test.

With Windies electing to bat first against a Michael Vaughan-led England, Lara came into bat at number three  after Daren Ganga was dismissed for 10 runs. And the rest is history.

Brian Lara smashed 43 boundaries and four sixes in his historic knock as West Indies registered a first innings score of 751/5d in their 2004 Test. The team total ended up being one of Windies�highest Test scores.

However, this wasn’t the first time Lara scored the highest individual Test score. In 1994, the Windies legend hit 375 runs against England at Antigua and broke a 36-year record set by Garfield Sobers in 1958.

The second player on this list is Matthew Hayden. The Australian opener broke Brian Lara’s nine-year record for the highest individual Test score with his knock of 380 against Zimbabwe in Perth in 2003. Put to bat first, hosts Australia rode on Hayden’s first and only triple hundred to pile on a match-winning total of 735/6d.

Fourth on the list, Mahela Jayawardene registered the highest individual Test score by a Sri Lankan cricketer when he hammered 374 runs against South Africa in a 2006 Colombo Test. By doing so, Jayawardene became just the second player after Sanath Jayasuriya (340 vs India, Colombo, 1997) to score a triple century.

Sir Garry Sobers - fifth on our list - previously held the record for highest individual Test score from 1958 to 1994. Sobers, the first player to hit six sixes in an over, remained unbeaten on 365 against Pakistan in the 1958 Kingston Test. Garry Sobers scored his maiden Test century in the match before going forward to add another 265 runs to his impressive innings.

Among Indian cricketers, Virender Sehwag has the highest individual Test score. The legendary India opener scored 319 runs in the 2008 Chennai Test, which the hosts eventually drew against South Africa. What sets this knock apart from Sehwag’s Test centuries is that the opener reached his triple century in 278 balls - the fastest Test triple century by number of balls faced.

Highest individual Test score

Player	Opponent	Runs	Year
Brian Lara	England	400*	2004
Matthew Hayden	Zimbabwe	380	2003
Brian Lara	England	375	1994
Mahela Jayawardene	South Africa	374	2006
Garfield Sobers	Pakistan	365*	1958
Leonard Hutton	Australia	364	1938
Sanath Jayasuriya	India	340	1997
Hanif Mohammad	West Indies	337	1958
Wally Hammond	New Zealand	336*	1933
David Warner	Pakistan	335*	2019
Mark Taylor	Pakistan	334*	1998
Don Bradman	England	334	1930
Graham Gooch	India	333	1990
Chris Gayle	Sri Lanka	333	2010
Michael Clarke	India	329*	2012
Inzamam-ul-Haq	New Zealand	329	2002
Andy Sandham	West Indies	325	1930
Virender Sehwag	South Africa	319	2008
Kumar Sangakkara	Bangladesh	319	2014
Chris Gayle	South Africa	317	2005

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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq feels India are creating history by trying to field two formidable teams for the upcoming Tests in England and the limited overs series in Sri Lanka.

“For the first time, I think it is happening that a national cricket team will be playing two different (international) series. One side in one country and the other side in some other country, and both are national teams,�Inzamam-ul-Haq said on the latest episode on his YouTube channel.

India had last sent two different national teams in 1998. While one team went to Canada to compete in the Sahara Cup against Pakistan, the other was sent to the Commonwealth Games. The CWG matches, however, are not recognised as international games.

Although Australia were the first country to introduce dual teams in international cricket some two decades ago, Inzamam feels that India will execute the idea in a much better fashion.

“This idea of assembling a second Indian team is very interesting. What India are trying to do today, Australia did this years ago, but they were not able to be successful in it. India appear to be pulling it off.�/span>

“When Australia were at their peak, from 1995 to say 2005-2010, they had tried to distinguish two international teams named Australia A and Australia B, but they didn’t get the permission,�the 51-year-old added.

Taking a leaf from Australia, England too split their Test and ODI sides in the late 90s. The ODI side found immediate success, with England winning the 1997 Champions Trophy, their first ODI title in 10 years. England’s struggles in the 50-over format, however, continued thereafter.

Inzamam-ul-Haq further mentioned how the development of domestic cricket has helped India dominate world cricket. The Pakistan great also highlighted how the Indian T20 League has contributed to the growth.

“India have improved their first-class structure and then there is the Indian T20 League as well that has helped assemble two different teams at the same time.

“It’s almost as if India have prepared 50 guys who are ready to play for the national team,�Inzamam concluded.

Inzamam still remains the only batsman from Pakistan to score 20,000 runs in international cricket. He also served the Pakistan national side as their head coach.

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The Pakistan cricket team made its entry into international cricket in 1952, and since then, its erratic journey and unpredictable results has always kept it in the news.

The highs of the Pakistan national cricket team are mostly associated with their steady stream of talented players like Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi and current sensation Babar Azam.

And with respect to their lows, Pakistan have been plagued with disciplinary issues, ball-tampering, match-fixings and the mismanagement of players by the Pakistan Cricket Board over their long stay.

Here we showcase the moments that proved to be key highlights of the Pakistan cricket team’s journey across all formats of cricket over the decades.

First Test win in only second match

The Pakistan cricket team registered their maiden Test victory in only their second Test match. Incidentally, it was against their arch-rivals India in Lucknow.

India, led by Lala Amarnath, opted to bat first but were bowled out for just 106 thanks to Fazal Mahmood who recorded Pakistan’s first five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Riding on Nazar Mohammad’s unbeaten 125, Pakistan posted 331 on the scoreboard and once again had Mahmood torment India with a spell of 7/42 to script a win by an innings and 43 runs. While Pakistan lost the first and third Tests, the early win showed that they were no pushovers in international cricket.

First Test win on English soil

In 1954, just two years into international cricket, Pakistan entered the record books by becoming the first team to win a Test match in its inaugural tour of England.

In the first three matches of the four-match rain-marred Test series, England had won one while two were drawn but in the finale played at the Oval, Pakistan was set to script history.

On this day 1954. Fazal Mahmood's figures of 12 for 99 help Pakistan beat England by 24 runs at the Oval #Cricket pic.twitter.com/KGdaYiYIdl

�Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) August 17, 2015

Electing to bat first, the low-scoring encounter saw the Men in Green muster only 130 but his back by bowling out the hosts for 133. Pakistan, however, couldn’t capitalise as they were dismissed for just 164 in the second innings. It proved to be enough. Fazal Mahmood, eventually named Man of the Match, followed up on his six-wicket haul from the first innings with yet another six wickets to hand the Pakistan cricket team a 24-run win and one of their greatest Test victories.

Wasim Raja’s drunken acts

The 1970s and 1980s was a troubling phase for the Pakistan cricket team, as they were locked in a bitter relationship with the cricket board and the government. And one of the victims was their talented all-rounder Wasim Raja.

Wasim, the older brother of former cricketer and commentator Rameez Raja, infamously unzipped his pants in front of the audience in the 1975 Karachi Test against the West Indies, with the local press reporting that he played the game in a drunken state.

Wasim Raja’s love for alcohol continued as he went into a drunken rage, smashing the mirrors for failing to make the cut in the 1976-77 Sydney Test against Australia, and he went on to accuse the team manager, Shujauddin, of favouritism.

Imran Khan anchors Pakistan’s first Test win Down Under

After a three-year drought in Test cricket, the Pakistan cricket team pulled off one of their greatest international victories in years thanks to Imran Khan’s six-wicket hauls in each innings of the 1976-77 Sydney Test.

Pakistan were 0-1 down in the three-match series, and new captain Mushtaq Mohammad’s usage of Imran Khan, who had just played 10 Tests by then, proved to be a masterstroke for the visitors. His first innings spell of 6/102 restricted the Aussies to 211, astonishing the hosts and the audience alike as the Kangaroos were outright favourites to win the Test.

Imran returned with a second six-wicket haul to bowl out Australia for 180, paving the way for Pakistan to need just 32 runs to pull off the greatest upset at that point of time.

Javed Miandad’s six that won a final vs India

While MS Dhoni’s 2011 World Cup-winning six is undeniably the greatest moment in modern cricket history, a certain Javed Miandad’s six in the final of the 1986 Austral - Asia Cup against India not only redefined the rivalry between the countries, but it turned the then 29-year-old into a national icon.

Imran Khan, the Pakistan captain, oversaw his team march past the formidable Australia and a helpless New Zealand, against whom they registered a 10-wicket win in the team’s lowest-scoring ODI encounter ever, to book a date with India.

#OnThisDay 1986. Javed Miandad with the six that broke a billion hearts #Cricket pic.twitter.com/Pf24AqRSYp

�Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) April 18, 2020

Pakistan�chase of 246 faltered along the way, and when they needed 90 runs to win in the last ten overs, Javed Miandad got the target down to 11 runs required from the last over. After losing two wickets and needing four off the last delivery, it was now or never for Miandad to deny Kapil Dev’s men a one-wicket victory. Instead, he hit a six. The 20,000-odd fans at Sharjah went into a frenzy and the incident has gone down as one of the most memorable moments in cricket history.

Unpredictables win 1992 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan cricket team’s journey at the 1992 Cricket World Cup was far from perfect, as their one win from their opening five fixtures left them on the cusp of a premature exit. But Imran Khan’s ‘Cornered Tigers�quickly regained their footing with wins in their final three fixtures. In the semi-final, Pakistan pulled off a difficult run chase -- they needed eight runs an over in the final 14 overs -- against New Zealand to book a place in the final.

#OnThisDay in 1992, the Imran Khan-led Pakistan were crowned ICC Men's Cricket World Cup champions for the first time after beating England in the final in Melbourne by 22 runs.pic.twitter.com/ugiWjeYhyK

�Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 25, 2020

After Pakistan set England a target of 250 to chase in the final, Graham Gooch’s side was reduced to 69/4 and the English saw their chances of winning plummet after Wasim Akram’s twin strike in the 35th over. Eventually, Imran Khan, in the last moment of his ODI career, took the final wicket of Richard Illingworth to seal a fairytale victory. Pakistan’s world cup win is remembered as one of the landmark moments in the history of the sport.

Match-fixing stings Pakistan

The Pakistan cricket team of the 1990s was arguably one of the greatest in its history, but it also became synonymous for alleged involvement in match-fixing.

Rashid Latif, former captain and wicket-keeper, disclosed that Saleem Malik accepted bribes during Pakistan’s tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe in 1995. A judicial inquiry started probing the then Pakistan captain Ata-ur Rehman.

While the saga went on for 18 months, the players were finally banned for life and Wasim Akram, who failed to cooperate with the inquiry, was fined £3,300. Additionally, Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul Haq, Akram Raza, and Saeed Anwar also received fines of £1200 each.

Ball-tamperings in 2006 and 2010

While they were still reeling from the match-fixing scandal, the Pakistan cricket team found itself amidst two ball-tampering scandals in 2006 and 2010, with the latter centred around Shahid Afridi.

In the 2006 Test at the Oval against England, umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove called out the Pakistanis for ball-tampering and awarded five penalty runs to the hosts. The fixture was later abandoned with captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was cleared of ball-tampering, being banned for four matches for bringing the game to disrepute.

In contrast to the 2006 incident, Shahid Afridi was caught on camera trying to bite the ball to alter its shape in their ODI game against Australia at Perth in 2010. The all-rounder pleaded guilty to the charge and the event significantly impacted his career that was constantly ridden with controversial decisions.

Bob Woolmer’s mysterious death

While the Pakistan cricket team’s 2007 Cricket World Cup defeat at the hands of debutants Ireland had already grabbed the biggest headlines, the death of then-head coach Bob Woolmer took the sporting world aback.

 

The Englishman, who was found unconscious in his hotel room, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival. The mystery behind his death is still unresolved to this very day, with multiple theories based on the match-fixing and behind-the-scenes player tensions are woven.

T20 World Cup retribution

Pakistan, still healing from the violent attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus during the two nations�Test series in 2009, entered that year’s T20 World Cup as underdogs but rode on the sheer brilliance of Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul to lift the title.

 

Incidentally, Pakistan locked horns against Sri Lanka in the 2009 T20 World Cup final that bore the burden of the Lahore tragedy earlier that year. But, the Men in Green showcased maturity and grit to capture the country’s second piece of ICC silverware since Imran Khan’s triumph in Australia.

Spot-fixing, a new scandal to hit Pakistan

Happy times didn’t last long for the Pakistan cricket team as three players, Mohammad Amir, Mohammed Asif and captain Salman Butt, were found guilty of spot-fixing in a Test match between Pakistan and England at Lord's in 2010. Consequently, they were given professional bans for a period of five, seven and 10 years respectively.

An undercover operation by News of the World brought forward the evidence that the three Pakistan cricket team players accepted money from bookmaker Mazhar Majeed to deliberately underperform at key moments in the Test match.

This event not only cast a shadow on the image of the Pakistan cricket team but also saw more than 80 of the nation’s previous matches coming under the scanner.

The unexpected 2017 Champions Trophy victory

Pakistan entered the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy as the lowest-ranked team in the competition but proved doubters wrong as they trounced arch-rivals India by 180 runs in the final.

After their opening loss to tournament favourites India, the Men in Green were completely written off from the competition. But they won their next two matches and once they stunned hosts England in the semi-final, Pakistan were expected to play out a thriller against India in the final at London.

Pakistan’s matches against India in ICC tournaments have been largely one-sided with the Men in Blue favourites.

 

But Virat Kohli’s decision to bowl first in the final backfired as Pakistan punished the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to plot a mammoth score of 339.

Sloppy starts and failure to build upon strong batting partnerships cost India the Champions Trophy title and thus, Pakistan once again pulled off an odds-defying triumph to consolidate their status as cricket’s most unpredictable team.

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While Pakistan have always been renowned for relentlessly churning out pacers with express speed and incredible accuracy, they have also produced a few world-class batsmen over the years.

Their bowling unit has for decades been the driving force behind their success and plenty have made a huge impact on the world stage. However, a handful of the nation’s finest batsman have also etched their names in the sport’s history books.

Unlike neighbours India, Pakistan hasn’t produced batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are renowned for their ton-scoring ability, but they have had a few who have hit a respectable number of centuries in One-Day International cricket. Below we take a look at five Pakistan batsmen with most centuries in ODIs.

Saeed Anwar �20 centuries

A superstar for the Pakistan team during the nineties, batsman Saeed Anwar leads the way for Pakistan in ODI centuries with 20.

Pakistan’s third-highest run-getter in ODIs with 8824 runs played 247 times for his country and finished his career with a respectable average of 39.21 and a good strike rate of 80.67.

Anwar, who was Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year in 1997, scored 194 in a match against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai that very year, which was the highest individual score in ODIs till Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry equalled it in 2009 against Bangladesh and Sachin Tendulkar surpassed it with an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in 2011.

Mohammad Yousuf �15 centuries

If the nineties belonged to Anwar, the 2000s were Mohammad Yousuf’s.

The player, formerly named Yousuf Youhana, was Pakistan’s most consistent batsman throughout the 2000s, playing 281 games for his country and scoring 9554 runs in his 12-year stint with the national team.

Yousuf scored his runs at a tremendous average of 42.08, which is bettered only by Zaheer Abbas (47.62) and current ODI and T20I captain Babar Azam (54.17).

Babar Azam �11 centuries

Speaking of Azam, the 25-year-old is the best batsman Pakistan has produced in the better part of a couple of decades, and his numbers in ODI cricket are comparable only to the greats of the format.

The skipper has scored 3359 runs in just 72 outings with the bat at a ridiculous average of 54.17, which is currently only bettered by Virat Kohli’s 59.33 in ODI history.

Azam’s consistency and ability have made some of cricket’s keenest observers sound for his inclusion in the current ‘Fab Four�of batting, which includes Australia’s Steve Smith, New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, England’s Joe Root, and Kohli.

Mohammad Hafeez �11 centuries

In and out of the team since his debut in 2003, Mohammad Hafeez has been an enigmatic figure in Pakistan cricket, but his ability is unquestionable, proven by his track record in all three formats.

In ODIs, Hafeez has scored 6614 runs in 216 outings for Pakistan at a passable average of 32.90. Despite his career strike being only 76.61 in ODIs, Hafeez has proven he can adjust his game to the requirements of modern-day cricket by winning the Man of the Series award in the recently concluded T20I series against England.

Ijaz Ahmed and Inzaman Ul-Haq �10 centuries

Tied at 10 are two iconic Pakistani cricketers �Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Ahmed played 250 matches for Pakistan and scored 6564 runs at an average of 32.33 and a strike rate of 80.30. Inzamam, Pakistan’s highest run-scorer with 11,701 runs, played 375 matches for Pakistan, second-most behind Shahid Afridi’s record of 393.

Both players were part of Pakistan’s triumphant 1992 ICC World Cup squad.

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The rules of cricket clearly denote ten ways in which a batsman can be dismissed on the field. However, a few instances pop up during the game that leaves us baffled and the umpires scratching their heads.

In a comedy of errors, these encounters have sparked huge debates in the past giving us numerous peculiar moments and reminding us that the game still has grey areas which make it all the more exciting and challenging. Yuvraj Singh’s unusual dismissal in the ongoing Global T20 League in Canada has refreshed our memories about such bizarre dismissals that took place in the past.

Here we have handpicked five occasions where the dismissals truly were the headline of the day.

SACHIN TENDULKAR: Shoulder before wicket

The Master Blaster was in full swing taking the attack to the Australians in their own backyard in 1999. However, during the fourth day of the first Test between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval, Sachin Tendulkar made a poor call. Glenn McGrath pulled out a trick from his hat and pitched a short delivery to which Tendulkar ducked.

The ball hit his shoulder and the entire Australian team went in to appeal. Umpire Daryl Harper committed the gravest mistake of his career which he regrets till date. Sachin was given out and India were left reeling at 61/5. Many in the cricketing fraternity condemned the decision but unfortunately on the day, Tendulkar walked back to the pavilion shaking his head.

VASBERT DRAKES: Time Out

Can you imagine missing your flight and being declared out because of it? The story behind West Indian batsman Vasbert Drakes is one of misfortune and the rule of cricket which has only been used a handful of times in the past — Time Out.

Drakes was supposed to play a first-class game in South Africa while being a part of the Champions Trophy squad in 2002. The weather wasn’t on Drakes�side this time as his flight from Colombo was delayed and he wasn’t present on Day 1 of the match. Since his unavailability was factored in, he was declared out.

AB DE VILLIERS: Caught on a No-Ball

In a Test match against Bangladesh, the South African firecracker played a miscued pull-shot which was caught by the bowler. As one would have it, it seemed like a simple catch to dismiss a batsman.

Except de Villiers had batted away Mohammad Ashraful's delivery without a care in the world, expecting it to be called a no-ball. This was because the ball had bounced twice before reaching him. Thus, not just the spectators, but de Villiers himself was left baffled after being declared out by the umpire.

INZAMAM-UL-HAQ: Obstructing the field

In an ODI encounter against arch-rivals India, Inzamam-ul-Haq did something completely out of his system. While chasing a 328-run target, the Pakistani skipper played Sreesanth’s delivery towards mid-off.

Suresh Raina was on alert as he saw Inzamam out of his crease and threw the ball towards the striker’s end in order to create a chance of a run-out. In a moment of hurry, Inzamam blocked the ball directed in front of the stumps with his bat and the Indian players were quick to appeal. Simon Taufel didn’t have any of it and sent him packing straight back to the pavilion.

YUVRAJ SINGH: Wrongly Stumped

While playing in the Global T20 League in Canada for Toronto Nationals recently, the Indian left-hander faced the most absurd dismissal of his career. Yuvraj, who walked in at No. 4 and was struggling to put bat to ball, got a faint edge in the 17th over bowled by Vancouver Knight’s medium pacer Rizwan Cheema.

Wicketkeeper Tobias Visse dropped the catch behind, and the ball fell directly on the stumps while Yuvraj was still at the crease. He walked off but the replays clearly displayed he was not out by miles.

Playing for Toronto Nationals in opening match of Global T20 Canada #YuvrajSingh walked off despite being not out.The 37-year-old was stumped in Vancouver Knights' bowler Rizwan Cheema's over after wicketkeeper dropped catch on stumps.Yuvraj was still in crease as per the replays pic.twitter.com/fcKXzGwWNL

�ebianfeatures (@ebianfeatures) July 26, 2019

Quite bizarre, one might say! Know of some more? Share with us in the comments.

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