LAHORE: Lahore Qalandar pacer, Haris Rauf slapped his teammate Kamran Ghulam for dropping a catch off his bowling during the side’s PSL 7 fixture against Peshawar Zalmi.
Like any other sports, Cricket is an intense game where several ups and downs occur, may it be with the opposing side or amongst teammates themselves. In a Pakistan Super League (PSL) 7 match on Monday, Qalanadar’s player Kamran Ghulam dropped Peshawar Zalmi batter Hazratullah Zazai’s catch in the second over.
Haris Rauf bowled a full ball, which Zazai tried to work away on the leg side, but Ghulam dropped the catch. In the same over fifth’s ball, Rauf took the wicket of Muhammad Haris (6), courtesy of Fawad Ahmed’s catch.
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When the team gathered to celebrate the catch, cheering around Rauf for taking the wicket, Kamran Ghulam also approached him to give a congratulatory high-five to which Haris Rauf slapped him. Ghulam seemed a bit surprised as he was taken off guard, but waved it off by smiling, not paying any heed to the awkward interaction.
Later in the 17th over, Ghulam was able to run out Zalmi skipper Wahab Riaz (1). At this, Rauf came and hugged him.
It may be recalled that this is not the first time that players have had heated exchanges during this year’s Pakistan Super League edition.
Earlier, another incident involving Peshawar Zalmi’s Ben Cutting and Quetta Gladiators’ Sohial Tanvir took place during their side’s league stage match.
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The Australian batter made inappropriate gestures using his fingers after hitting the Pakistani cricketer for three consecutive sixes. To this, Sohial Tanvir made similar gestures after catching the batsman out. Both cricketers had to pay for the consequences by pleading guilty to the offences and accepted been fined 15 % of their match fees for breaching the PSL Code of Conduct.
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