WATCH - Top 5 most comical Pakistani run outs in international cricket

There are many times in cricket that you get to see some weird and funny instances and most of the times, it comes when a side is fielding or either the batsmen are running between the wickets.  

Running between the wickets require precise communication between the two batsmen and a sense of awareness from everyone on the field. However, there have been instances from one country in international cricket that has made a separate place for itself in the history of comical runouts and that is Pakistan.

With the king of hilarious runouts in their ranks in Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan has always given one or other way to find their players getting out in hilarious ways while running between the wickets. And we have collated five of such run outs for you.

Here are the Top 5 most comical Pakistani run outs in international cricket

MOHAMMAD AMIR
One of the funniest runouts in cricket happened with Pakistani batsman Mohammad Amir in the 3rd Test match between Pakistan-West Indies at Sharjah.

Amir hit Devendra Bishoo towards long-on and was admiring his shot while staying in the crease. He and partner Wahab Riaz had hoped that the ball would reach the boundary, but West Indian fielder Roston Chase, gave the ball a hard chase and stopped the ball short of the boundary and threw it towards the bowling end.

Amir was caught in his own world in the middle of the pitch and desperately tried to make the crease, losing his bat in the process, but was run out.

Watch his comical dismissal here:

Misbah instantly knew that he had done a stupid thing and had his hand on his head and replays confirmed that he was run out in the most comical fashion ever.

Watch Misbah’s mishap here:

UMAR AKMAL AND SHOAIB MAQSOOD
Pakistan and England were playing a T20I match and during the 12^th over of Pakistan’s innings, Umar Akmal hit a ball behind square and called the non-striker for a quick single. Shoaib Maqsood initially responded, but turned around after seeing that the fielder picked up the ball quicker than expected.

This led to Akmal running for his life towards non-striker’s end and both the batsmen were found to be at the same end. Replays determined who made his ground first and Akmal was found to be short.

Watch the hilarious mishap here:

INZAMAM-UL-HAQ

There can be a whole list made out of Inzamam Ul Haq’s comical running between the wickets. From being the most famous victim of Jonty Rhodes’ Superman run out in 1992 World Cup, to this gem of a run out in the 1999 World Cup against Australia.

Damien Fleming bowled a toe-crushing yorker to Inzamam and Inzy ambled a few steps to take a run, fell down on his knees and started to crawl back into his crease. In the meantime, Wasim Akram, the non-striker had reached the other end and made his ground.

Wasim Akram famously recalls this incident as Inzamam asking Wasim, what he was doing here? Replays showed that Wasim made his ground before Inzamam and Inzy limped his way back to the pavilion.

Watch Inzamam’s genius running here:

AZHAR ALI
The latest entrant into the comical Pakistani run out club is Azhar Ali, who found out a new way to dismiss himself against Australia in the second Test at Abu Dhabi.

Azhar Ali edged a ball towards the third man and seemingly the ball was going to the boundary. Azhar and Asad Shafiq met in the middle of the pitch, there was a glove punch (for a shot that was edged nonetheless) and began discussing the day.

Meanwhile, the ball didn’t reach the boundary and Mitchell Starc ran from slips to gather the ball and throw to keeper Tim Paine, who removed the bails in an instant, with Azhar and Shafiq looking bewildered. Azhar was like a deer caught in headlights and scratched his head out of the ground to the pavilion.

Check the comical run out here: