Pakistan batter Mohammad Rizwan had a bizarre start to his Asia Cup campaign when he was run out in less than stellar fashion in the match against Nepal on Wednesday. In the 24th over of the match, Rizwan attempted what seemed like a simple single but fielder Dipendra Singh hit the wickets with a direct throw. While approaching the crease, Rizwan did not ground his bat and it looked like he was evading the throw which went on to shutter the stumps. As a result, he was well short of the crease and was run out. Even captain Babar Azam seemed miffed by the dismissal as he threw his cap on the ground. Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin also reacted to the dismissal, saying on Twitter, "The height of the throw made it harder to evade for Rizwan but for someone who generally dives to make his ground all the time while running between the wickets, this is a rare instance of him ducking for cover and the only reason is that he isn’t wearing his helmet. He loves sweeping against spin and no helmet makes it even more bizarre." Rizwan😭??? What was that 😭??#PAKvsNEP #AsiaCup2023 #AsiaCup23 #PakvsNepal pic.twitter.com/HSJnBDQous — Umais Malik 🇵🇰 (@RRstan1) August 30, 2023 Meanwhile, in the match, Babar was nearing a century with the veteran Iftikar Ahmed for company as they raced towards a decent total. Earlier, Babar won the toss and elected to bat against Nepal. The Pakistan skipper said there is no extra pressure of playing at home and the payers just want to enjoy "our cricket and give our best". Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel said on their Asia Cup debut that his players were happy to be playing on the big stage. "The players and people (are) happy as it's their first Asia Cup game. We are used to these conditions, it's a beautiful wicket to bat on."
