Pakistan captain Babar Azam showed great sportsman spirit during the warm-up match against West Indies in Dubai on Monday after he called back Shimron Hetmyer after he was adjudged out by the umpire.
Hetmyer was adjudged out by the onfield umpire after he was caught Mohammad Rizwan off the bowling of Hasan Ali, however, the West Indian insisted that he didn’t touch the ball and was wrongfully given out. Babar then made a decision to call Hetmyer back on the crease and continue with his batting.
Barring Shaheen Afridi, the Pakistan bowlers were on song against West Indies during the fixture as they picked up wickets at regular intervals and left the Caribbean side tottering at 63/4 to eventually restrict them to 130/7 in 20 overs.
Imad Wasim returned with impressive figures of 1/6 in three overs while Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf scalped a couple of wickets each during the course. Shaheen also had two wickets to his name but he was hit for 41 runs in 4 overs.
Shadab Khan and Mohammad Hafeez didn’t pick any wickets but bowled at a good economy rate. While Shadab gave just 7 runs in two overs, Hafeez had figures of 0/13 in three overs to his name.
Chasing a modest total, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman starred to wrap the chase up with more than four overs remaining. While Babar scored a half century himself, Zaman contributed with an aggressive 46 off just 24 balls.
Pakistan will begin their World T20 campaign against arch-rivals India in Dubai on Sunday.