NEW DELHI: From the flat pitches of Pakistan, to the bouncy tracks of Australia, Kamran Ghulam made the powerful transition through the 1st ODI at Melbourne on Monday.
Put into bat by Australia, Pakistan had been 63/Three with the dismissal of Babar Azam, when Kamran Ghulam, taking part in solely his second ODI got here to the crease.
Dealing with his second supply, Ghulam hit a flighted supply from Adam Zampa previous mid-off for 4 to get off the mark.
However within the subsequent over, Kamran Ghulam was up towards the wily Australia captain Pat Cummins who took three balls to kind him out.
Ghulam tried to drag the primary ball that he confronted from Cummins however mistimed it to huge of mid-on. Ghulam defended the following ball and did a Steve Smith “wait on”, that drew a smile from Cummins as he collected the ball.
Earlier than bowling the following ball, Cummins modified the sector for the brief ball and dug it actually brief. The rip-snorter from Cummins was aimed for Ghulam’s head, who was clearly surprised and tried to leap and fend.
However the ball was too quick for Ghulam to react a lot because it took off the glove and went straight to the keeper Josh Inglis who accomplished a straightforward catch.
Cricket Australia shared the video of the dismissal on their X deal with:
Pakistan struggled towards some precision bowling by Australia and had been bundled out for 203 in 46.four overs with Mitchell Starc taking 3/33 and Cummins returning with 2/39.