Melbourne Renegades retired Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan throughout their Huge Bash League (BBL) 15 recreation towards Sydney Thunder at Sydney Showground Stadium on Monday.
A video posted by the BBL on social media captured Renegades captain Will Sutherland calling Rizwan again to the pavilion so he might take his place on the crease.
The previous Pakistan captain was on 26 off 23 balls when he was known as again to the pavilion.
Followers reacted strongly to the right-handed batter being compelled to retire out, calling it a humiliation, because the video shortly went viral on social media.
Nonetheless, Sutherland did not make a significant contribution, as he was run out for only one run.
Within the match towards Thunder, Renegades batted first and posted 170-8 of their 20 overs.
Hassan Khan top-scored with 46 off 31 balls, hitting one 4 and 4 sixes, whereas openers Josh Brown and Tim Seifert added 35 and 29 runs, respectively.
For Sydney Thunder, David Willey, Ryan Hadley and Wes Agar claimed two wickets apiece.
Rizwan has struggled with the bat within the ongoing BBL version, scoring 167 runs in eight matches at a median of 20.88, with out registering a fifty.
Rizwan and Babar Azam, who’ve featured constantly in main tournaments because the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2021 within the UAE, have been sidelined from Pakistan’s T20I facet in latest months.
Each senior gamers had been dropped after the three-match T20I sequence towards South Africa in December 2024, with the selectors prioritising younger expertise forward of T20 World Cup.
Nonetheless, they proceed to symbolize the nationwide facet within the ODI and Take a look at format.
