Haris Rauf later hugged Kamran Ghulam after he ran out Wahab Riaz with a direct-hit.
Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf was slammed on social media on Monday (21st February) after he slapped Lahore Qalandars' teammate Kamran Ghulam in a PSL 2022 encounter against Peshawar Zalmi in Lahore.
After over a month's entertainment, Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 has reached its business end. The tournament saw an exciting contest between bat and ball. However, in the last league game between Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi, an incident took place, that left many surprised.
During the second over of Peshawar’s innings, Lahore pacer Haris Rauf bowled a full ball to batter Hazratullah Zazai, who tried to smack on the leg side. The Afghan player only managed to find the fielder but he was lucky as Kamran Ghulam dropped the easy chance.
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After the chance was missed, Haris Rauf expressed his disappointment. However, on the fifth ball of the same over, the pacer removed batter Mohammad Haris for 6 runs. As the team gathered to celebrate the wicket, the fast bowler slapped Kamran Ghulam, who earlier dropped the catch.
Here’s the video:
Haris Rauf slapping Kamran Ghulam for dropping catch didn’t go well with cricket fans, who lashed out at Pakistani speedster for his actions. Later Rauf made up with Ghulam but the damage had already been done.
Here’s how Twitterati reacted.