Babar Azam's brain-fade moment leaves netizens stunned

Game awareness is the most important factor for a player to succeed in cricket or any sport. However, players sometimes lose the sense of things and experience a brain fade moment on the field. Babar Azam experienced one such moment as he tried to stop a shot played by his batting partner at the other end.

Manuka Oval (Australia): Babar Azam's antics in the field on Wednesday sent spectators in splits as he was seen fielding a ball played by his batting partner Shan Masood.

Pakistan are playing a warm-up game against the Prime Minister's XI ahead of their Test series against Australia. Azam was at the non-strikers' end when Shan Masood played a front-foot punch. However, instead of watching the ball travel beside him, Babar stretched out his hand in an attempt to stop the delivery. He almost got his glove to the ball but pulled back in time to avoid the possibility of denying his batting partner a few runs.

The hilarious incident compelled the Netizens to express themselves on social media. One user named ManojTiwariIND wrote on X that the brain-fade moment.

Another user @iamitpal101 wrote Lol 🤣🤣. What is he doing. 🤦

athaf_2006 also reacted with the sarcastic post saying 'Babar you always put yourself in front. That's Great! Nice Efforts'

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the fixture. Shan Masood was the leading run-getter in the innings scoring a hundred but wickets tumbled from the other end. Pakistan posted 324/6 at the end of Day 1 thanks to Masood's brilliant knock of unbeaten 156 runs. Jordan Buckingham picked three wickets for the bowling side including the key scalp of Babar Azam who played a knock of 40 runs. The Pakistani side will be aiming to enter the Test series against Australia on the back of a victory.

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