Lahore Qalandars' narrow victory against Multan Sultan in the PSL (Pakistan Super League) opener this season was plenty of action. In the first game of the tournament, Multan was chasing 176 to win and looked poised to thwart Lahore's title defense. Set batters Mohammad Rizwan and David Miller appeared destined to knock off the 49 needed off the final five overs, but Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf had other ideas. They both got out the set batters and handled the pressure brilliantly to win by one run.
However, Pakistan's Shahnawaz Dahani's blunder during this game will also be remembered since he missed a simple run-out opportunity, which caused the pundits to burst into laughter. When the Qalandars were at bat, it occurred. The third over of the day for the Pakistani bowler was also the 17th over of the innings.
After 16 overs, Lahore had a score of 130/4. Dahani had the opportunity to give his side a fifth wicket, but things didn't work out as planned. Hussain Talat rushed down the wicket as Raza clipped the opening ball of the over down the pitch. When he realized Raza hadn't moved when he was more than halfway down, he turned around.
Dahani, on the other hand, makes a complete mess of it despite having plenty of time to gather the ball and force a run-out. He scooped up the ball and decided to toss it a short distance, but it missed the stumps. Dahani had plenty of time to dash towards the stumps and knock them loose, but he decided to toss instead and suffered the price.
Even the on-air commentators found the episode amusing and couldn't help but laugh. They are both at one end, according to one of the on-air analysts, Waqar Younis. He may have just fled. WHY? WHY? God,” and the other said, “Oh it's horrible, it's very bad,” which was followed by a chuckle that was recorded on the microphone. Dahani was then targeted by Raza, who struck him twice, once for six and once for four.
