Rawalpindi: Pakistan are up against Bangladesh in a two-match Test series and the hosts are trailing by 94 runs by the end of the fourth day of the first Test. It has been a high-scoring contest so far at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as the batters produced solid technique but the heated exchange between Shan Masood and the head coach Jason Gillespie in the dugout garnered all the limelight.
A video going viral on social media shows Pakistan captain Masood getting very annoyed and having an animated conversation with Gillespie. The coaching team was trying to calm down the player but he kept on expressing his outrage. The former Australian cricket was silent throughout the conversation and the duo then headed towards the dressing room to address the issue. Some ‘X’ users claimed that Masood was angry at Babar Azam for dropping a sitter during the Bangladesh innings.
Heated 🔥arguments bw Pakistani players(Pakistani captain Shan masood angry on Babar azam drops catch and his performance) #PAKvsBAN
— Raj Lomror (@rajlomror) August 24, 2024
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Big Kalesh b/w PCT players (Pakistani captain Shan masood angry on Babar azam drops catch and his performance)#PAKvsBAN #Cricket pic.twitter.com/EKKGwjqm2f
— DK Gupta (@dkgupta2071981) August 24, 2024
the actual video footage shan Masood angry on Babar Azam pic.twitter.com/Tzx2KHcosX
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) August 24, 2024
Big fight between PCT players (Pakistani captain Shan masood angry on Babar azam drops catch and his performance) pic.twitter.com/tLxjUfhaIv
— Mr. Ali shaikh (@MrAlishaikh7) August 24, 2024
Batting first, Pakistan were reduced to 16/3 in the first innings but the duo of Saud Shakeel and Mohammed Rizwan stitched a partnership of 240 runs to help the team post a total of 448/6. Shakeel played a knock of 141 runs while Rizwan scored unbeaten 171 runs. The hosts declared the innings and Bangladesh also responded in a befitting manner to the mammoth total. They posted 565 runs courtesy of Mushfiqure Rahim’s 191 and fifties from Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Currently, Pakistan are trailing by 94 runs with just one more day to go before the conclusion of the Test match.