Five most shocking dropped catches in Pakistan history

[DoosraView]

Hello guys,

I have prepared a list of the 5 most shocking dropped-catches in Pakistan History and they are as follows:

5) Mohammad Yousuf (VS New Zealand, 2009)
4) Azhar Ali (VS India, 2017)
3) Rahat Ali (VS Australia, 2015)
2) Younis Khan (VS New Zealand, 2010)
1) Younis Khan (VS India, 2011)

Do you agree with my list? It's to be noted that I will make a separate list dedicated to Kamran Akmal so he is excluded from this lol.

 

[angrypathan]

Mohammad Amir when he dropped Ponting first ball at Hobart in 2010. Went on to score a double century

Younis Khan 2009 CT semi-final vs New Zealand, dropped a dolly that would likely have sealed the game.

Sohail Tanvir once dropped probably the easiest catch I've ever seen in international cricket against Bangladesh, think it was a World T20 game around 2014 or so.

There's just so many to talk about Most games we've played against Australia involve a dropped catch or 2

 

[Square Drive]

Man, that Test vs New Zealand in 2009 was so damn frustrating. Not just MoYo, but Salman Butt's drop there too. IIRC Gul, Misbah, Malik, and Kaneria all dropped chances in that one too. Was a nightmare.

 

[ammar_merry]

Hello guys,

I have prepared a list of the 5 most shocking dropped-catches in Pakistan History and they are as follows:

5) Mohammad Yousuf (VS New Zealand, 2009)
4) Azhar Ali (VS India, 2017)
3) Rahat Ali (VS Australia, 2015)
2) Younis Khan (VS New Zealand, 2010)
1) Younis Khan (VS India, 2011)

Do you agree with my list? It's to be noted that I will make a separate list dedicated to Kamran Akmal so he is excluded from this lol.

Razzaq dropping tendulkar in 2003 W.cup had to on the top when he was batting on 32.
Akram said “Tujhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai".

other missing drop is younis khan dropped Sarwan 2007 w.cup dropped on 0 and he made 49.

 

[Pakpak]

The Tendulkar one in 2003 has to be the worst, India had lost two wickets in 2 balls and were 53-2, had that been taken they would have been 55-3 and Pakistan would have been big favorites. Only worse I can think of is 2011 where we dropped FIVE catches off him, had he been dismissed India would have scored nothing and even we would have chased it down.

Two massive games and man the results would have been so different.

 

[Saurav]

Mohammad Amir when he dropped Ponting first ball at Hobart in 2010. Went on to score a double century

Younis Khan 2009 CT semi-final vs New Zealand, dropped a dolly that would likely have sealed the game.

Sohail Tanvir once dropped probably the easiest catch I've ever seen in international cricket against Bangladesh, think it was a World T20 game around 2014 or so.

There's just so many to talk about Most games we've played against Australia involve a dropped catch or 2

Came to mention this.

 

[TeymurBlake]

Kamran Akmal vs New Zealand WC 2011. Appalling performance from him. It was the day his career finished.

 

[ammar_merry]

Kamran Akmal vs New Zealand WC 2011. Appalling performance from him. It was the day his career finished.

OP says he will make special list to honour the services of great Kamran akmal.

 

[TeymurBlake]

OP says he will make special list to honour the services of great Kamran akmal.

Should have read the final bit

 

[TeymurBlake]

Kamran Akmal vs New Zealand WC 2011. Appalling performance from him. It was the day his career finished.

Other than the great Kami, I would probably say Mohammad Hafeez vs England 2016 Lords 1st Test. He dropped a sitter.

 

[Zaz]

Apart from Mr Kamran and his drops of ross taylor in the WC

Tendulkar Drop by Razzaq comes to mind 2003
Butt drop in 2010 at short leg as captain
Azhar drop of kohli 2017 which thankfully wasnt costly

 

[sweep_shot]

I think Abdul Razzaq's drop catch in 2003 World Cup against India was quite decisive. That catch could've won Pakistan the game.

 

[ads101]

Worst i've seen is the Butt in the test against New Zealand where he juggles it around five times before eventually dropping it.

 

[Zaz]

2006 -2011 was a horrific period for pakistan and its catching

I can recall several big matches where multilple catches were dropped Some very suspiciously

England 2006, Nz 2009 and Aus 2010, Eng 2010, WC 2011 i recall were pretty abysmal catching series with kami leading from the front

 

[Zaz]

Saeed Ajmal drop where he left it at last minute for Malik against WI around 2008 was pretty funny

 

[Mesozoic]

Saeed Ajmal drop where he left it at last minute for Malik against WI around 2008 was pretty funny

Came here to say this...

Though not technically a drop.

 

[AAli98]

https://youtu.be/zHwSgnZmT2M

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Man, that Test vs New Zealand in 2009 was so damn frustrating. Not just MoYo, but Salman Butt's drop there too. IIRC Gul, Misbah, Malik, and Kaneria all dropped chances in that one too. Was a nightmare.

We still won that test by a huge margin due to a great bowling performance by Kaneria and Asif to restrict NZ to 99 all out.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Worst i've seen is the Butt in the test against New Zealand where he juggles it around five times before eventually dropping it.

And you can see that how he was faking it with all that juggling

 

[silentkiller187]

And you can see that how he was faking it with all that juggling

Haha he accidentally caught the ball numerous times before finally dropping it

 

[Pakpak]

2006 -2011 was a horrific period for pakistan and its catching

I can recall several big matches where multilple catches were dropped Some very suspiciously

England 2006, Nz 2009 and Aus 2010, Eng 2010, WC 2011 i recall were pretty abysmal catching series with kami leading from the front

The England 2010 series too. The fixing series, the amount of dollies we dropped won England the series. I remember one game Broad got a double century? 104-7 to 450+ lol

 

[Square Drive]

There was a Test vs Sri Lanka as well I think in 2011 or 2012, where we dropped about 4 catches, out of which Hafeez dropped most of them.

 

[ManFan]

Salman Butt in a Test vs NZ circa 09’.

Even the commentators said he was almost trying to drop it.

And the bowler: Asif.

 

[Acricfan]

Can't forget Rahat Ali's infamous drop in the 2011 WC game against Australia.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Razzaq's mismanagement (not a drop) of Tendulkar's catch in 2003 world cup has to be at the top.

That match and that entire knock from Tendulkar DEMOLISHED the aura and intimidation Pakistan cricket team had created over the Indian side ever since the Miandad six.

There was a paradigm shift in the way Indians looked at Pakistan cricket and approached matches against them ever since. It was a paradigm shift in the way the Indian cricketers took to the field while playing Pakistan.

By far the greatest high stakes ODI knock ever played.

 

[shamaan]

Rahat ali drop vs austrlia

 

[GreenKhan]

In terms of catches potentially costing us matches I would say Tendulkar x 2 in 2003 and 2011 and 2015 Rahat Ali . That was absolutely shocking .

One that went in our favour 2017 CT when Sri Lanka dropped sarfaraz!!!

 

[DoosraView]

Top 5 shocking catch drops in pakistan history



Hello guys,

I recently made a list of the top 5 most shocking catch-drops in Pakistan Cricket history:

5) Mohammad Yousaf vs NZ, 2009
4) Azhar Ali vs IND, 2017
3) Rahat Ali vs AUS, 2015
2) Younis Khan vs NZ, 2009
1) Younis Khan vs IND, 2011

I did not put Razzaq's 2003 catch drop because I never expected him to catch that one tbh. Kamran Akmal is also not part of the list to keep matters fair lol, he'll get his own top 5. Do you agree and what is your top 5?

 

[Rellu_Katta]

Akmal top5? dropkmal will have top 20 lol

 

[DoosraView]

2009 CT drop is on the list. Yousaf dropped a dolly in 2009 as well, I’ll go back to watch Tanvir’s drop.

Honestly I felt our fielding would improve with a new team but if we take the 2019 WC as proof, we’re still in the same boat.

 

[DoosraView]

I swear! I remember that match so well, Umar Akmal’s second one. After everyone dropped and didn’t seem to want to catch, Umar Akmal grabbed one to the disbelief of the commentators.

 

[DoosraView]

I must’ve missed the Sarwan catch so not sure how shocking it was. Razzaq’s catch just missed out on the list because I didn’t believe he could catch that as much as I believed others could on the list

 

[DoosraView]

The Tendulkar one in 2003 has to be the worst, India had lost two wickets in 2 balls and were 53-2, had that been taken they would have been 55-3 and Pakistan would have been big favorites. Only worse I can think of is 2011 where we dropped FIVE catches off him, had he been dismissed India would have scored nothing and even we would have chased it down.

Two massive games and man the results would have been so different.

Totally agreed, catches is something that has cost us in crucial games. The reason I did not put Razzaq's miss on the list is because I wasn't shocked he dropped it especially with the placement of where he was fielding.

 

[DoosraView]

In terms of catches potentially costing us matches I would say Tendulkar x 2 in 2003 and 2011 and 2015 Rahat Ali . That was absolutely shocking .

One that went in our favour 2017 CT when Sri Lanka dropped sarfaraz!!!

Nothing stung me like Younis's drop in the Champions Trophy tho. All were heart-breaking nonetheless. YT

 

[DoosraView]

Akmal top5? dropkmal will have top 20 lol

I might really end up doing a first time top 20 provides more than enough content lol. YT

 

[DoosraView]

Razzaq's mismanagement (not a drop) of Tendulkar's catch in 2003 world cup has to be at the top.

That match and that entire knock from Tendulkar DEMOLISHED the aura and intimidation Pakistan cricket team had created over the Indian side ever since the Miandad six.

There was a paradigm shift in the way Indians looked at Pakistan cricket and approached matches against them ever since. It was a paradigm shift in the way the Indian cricketers took to the field while playing Pakistan.

By far the greatest high stakes ODI knock ever played.

Considering it was mismanagement as you said, I never expected Razzaq to catch that one. The aura and intimidation of Pakistan Cricket to this day is like none other. YT

 

[Slog]

Worst i've seen is the Butt in the test against New Zealand where he juggles it around five times before eventually dropping it.

Definitely the worst. So obvious it was dodgy.

Tendulkar 2003 WC drop was a dolly and both YK and Misbah drops of Sachin in 2011 WC too.

Kamran Akmal has so many that they’ve all merged into one at this point and I can’t differentiate

 

[Slog]

Man there’s so many in getting like PTSD.

 

[DoosraView]

Came here to say this...

Though not technically a drop.

That provides comedic relief more than shock lol

 

[Slog]

I had a thread about it once

 

[Slog]

That provides comedic relief more than shock lol

Lol did you hear Kohli’s story in it

 

[DoosraView]

Definitely the worst. So obvious it was dodgy.

Tendulkar 2003 WC drop was a dolly and both YK and Misbah drops of Sachin in 2011 WC too.

Kamran Akmal has so many that they’ve all merged into one at this point and I can’t differentiate

Kami is King of catch drops, undisputed. Even Umar Akmal's catch drop off Sachin from 2011 was not that difficult considering his fielding ability at the time. Kami also dropped Sachin in 2011 but Kami is King. YT

 

[DoosraView]

The England 2010 series too. The fixing series, the amount of dollies we dropped won England the series. I remember one game Broad got a double century? 104-7 to 450+ lol

Amir should have gotten so many more wickets that series for that reason. YT

 

[DoosraView]

Lol did you hear Kohli’s story in it

Not even in street cricket lol

 

[Pakhs]

Razzaq's mismanagement (not a drop) of Tendulkar's catch in 2003 world cup has to be at the top.

That match and that entire knock from Tendulkar DEMOLISHED the aura and intimidation Pakistan cricket team had created over the Indian side ever since the Miandad six.

There was a paradigm shift in the way Indians looked at Pakistan cricket and approached matches against them ever since. It was a paradigm shift in the way the Indian cricketers took to the field while playing Pakistan.

By far the greatest high stakes ODI knock ever played.

This is rubbish no basis for your claim regarding Tendulkar knock etc- Prior to that match India was widely favorite to win that match and Pakistan were in a poor position in the group and actually played better than other matches.

Also India won in 99 against much better PAK side (basically the same side but not the ageing side of 2003). and they also won when Pakistan was defending champions albeit at home in 96. There was no Aura as such to begin with.

How can a great high stakes knock involve a dropped catch? and only a group stage knock? There has been many better high stake knocks before that innings and after that innings Stokes WC winning knock in just last WC was many levels better than that knock.