NEW DELHI: Pakistan batsman Zaman Khan got here up with a novel tactic to persuade his captain to advertise him within the batting order throughout a Champions One-Day Cup match. Enjoying for the Stallions, Zaman confirmed his captain, Mohammad Haris, a TikTok video of himself smashing large sixes, hoping it will earn him a better spot within the lineup.
Nonetheless, Haris wasn’t swayed by Zaman’s ploy and as a substitute despatched him to bat at quantity 9.
However Zaman seized the chance.
Coming in late, he hammered an unbeaten 42 off simply 16 balls, together with six towering sixes, in a blistering show of energy hitting.
After the match, Haris admitted he had made a mistake by not selling Zaman earlier.
“Tiktok par mainay apnay sixes ki movies lagaye thi taaki Haris dekhay aur mujhe jaldi batting par bhejay. Usne mujhe sixth place ke liye tayyar kiya hua tha [I posted videos of my sixes on TikTok so that Haris would see them and send me in to bat sooner. He had prepared me for the 6th position],” Zaman shared within the post-match convention.
“Wo baad mein mere paas aya aur bola Zaman yaar mai to galti kar gaya. Maine kaha wo video bhi aapke liye lagai thi [Later, he came to me and said, ‘Zaman, buddy, I made a mistake.’ I said, ‘I posted that video just for you],” he added.
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Nonetheless, Haris wasn’t swayed by Zaman’s ploy and as a substitute despatched him to bat at quantity 9.
However Zaman seized the chance.
Coming in late, he hammered an unbeaten 42 off simply 16 balls, together with six towering sixes, in a blistering show of energy hitting.
After the match, Haris admitted he had made a mistake by not selling Zaman earlier.
“Tiktok par mainay apnay sixes ki movies lagaye thi taaki Haris dekhay aur mujhe jaldi batting par bhejay. Usne mujhe sixth place ke liye tayyar kiya hua tha [I posted videos of my sixes on TikTok so that Haris would see them and send me in to bat sooner. He had prepared me for the 6th position],” Zaman shared within the post-match convention.
“Wo baad mein mere paas aya aur bola Zaman yaar mai to galti kar gaya. Maine kaha wo video bhi aapke liye lagai thi [Later, he came to me and said, ‘Zaman, buddy, I made a mistake.’ I said, ‘I posted that video just for you],” he added.
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Within the match, the Panthers posted an enormous 344/7 of their 50 overs on the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
Regardless of a century from Tayyab Tahir and Zaman’s fiery knock, the Stallions fell quick by 20 runs of their chase.