South Africa's fielding famous, failed in that: Iftikhar was given 2 lives, missed many runout-catch opportunities

South Africa, once known for its excellent fielding, lost to Pakistan on Thursday due to its average fielding. In this match of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia, the team dropped 3 important catches. Not only this but a run-out opportunity was also missed. All this weighed heavily on the team and the Pakistanis managed to make a total of 185. Apart from the mediocre fielding, rain also hindered South Africa's victory. The team lost the fourth crucial match due to rain.

First of all, know why this victory is important...

Had the team won over Pakistan, they would have gone straight to the semi-finals and the next match would then have a chance to experiment and test the bench strength. Not only this, he would have had an opportunity to top Group-2 by winning the last match. Now India is ahead of them with 6 points and India also has one match left. On the other hand, South Africa is second with 5 points and will have to win the next match to make it to the semi-finals.

First: Dekock drops Iftikhar's catch

The power play had just ended. Pakistan had lost 4 wickets in 7 overs and only 43 runs were recorded on the scoreboard. Here Iftikhar 2 and Nawaz were playing on a personal score of zero. Rabada brought the eighth over. He bowled the very first ball on short length near the off-stump. The ball went behind the wicket kissing the batting gloves. But, the ball got splashed by Dekock's gloves. Later Iftikhar played an innings of 51 runs off 35 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes.

Second: Stubbs misses a run-out chance

Iftikhar played the third ball of the sixth over toward cover and went out to take a single. Here Stubbs got a chance to run him out. But, Stubbs' throw went over the wicket.

Missed this catch too...

Markram dropped the catch

In the 19th over, Markram dropped the catch Shadab Khan on the ball, Norton. However, by then they had done their job. Shadab hits the ball in the direction of long on. But Markram dropped the catch. However, missing this catch did not cause much damage. Because Nortya walks Shadab on the very next ball.

Parnell dropped Shah's catch

The last over of the innings was going on. Rabada's 5th ball went to Wayne Parnell standing on point, but Parnell could not catch the catch of Naseem Shah and the Pakistan team got three runs on this ball.

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