Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed came in rescue of his team after they suffered a mini-collapse on the first day of the second Test against Australia.
The Sarfraz-led side lost wickets in a cluster and they were five down on just 57 runs. Nathan Lyon was spitting venom but Ahmed and his batting partner Fakhar Zaman scored 94 each and took Pakistan to a fighting total of 282.
But more than his innings, what really impressed the Twitterati was his batting stance.
Here are some tweets regarding the same:
Interesting batting stance from Sarfaraz Ahmed #PAKvAUS #Cricket pic.twitter.com/GK9vtG3quE
— #PAKvAUS (@QHACricket) October 16, 2018
Shows how confident he was today!!!
— Syed Naeem (@mrprince6969) October 16, 2018
Too bad that he and fakhar both fell in their 90's
Sarfaraz looks really confident today and I don't know really how !
— Mav Sidharth (@SidharthMav) October 16, 2018
Guy has been under the pump for his batting and captaincy, Pakistan lose 4 quick wickets and he comes and bats like this
Cut drive sweep flick everything
Superb counterattack
Stance like this keeps the bowler guessing what to bowl to the batsma n. Reminds me of Abdul Razzaq as well #PakvAus #AusvPak
— SirDonBradman (@BradmanSir) October 16, 2018
Sarfraz, after playing a match-saving knock for his team, said, "Yeah the pressure was there, definitely," said Sarfraz, who had made just 74 runs in his six previous Test innings. When all this happens and you score runs then it's a bit of relief and then to do it in a situation where you were 57-5 and in a really bad shape..."
Sarfraz said Pakistan had fought back admirably. "It's good that we scored 282 and then got two wickets, including that of Usman Khawaja because he can play long innings, so I think it has become even for both the teams now."
