KARACHI: Pakistan’s right-arm pacer – Hasan Ali revealed in an interview that he and Shaheen Shah Afridi cried after he dropped the catch of Australia’s Matthew Wade in the 2021 T20 World Cup Semifinal.

In an interview, the pacer opened up for the first time about the incident, revealing that he cried after that incident and was also joined by Shaheen following the dropped catch.

“After the match, I was crying and so was Shaheen; it was an extremely sad moment,” said Hasan.

Hasan also revealed that he ‘wasn’t able to sleep for days’, also termed it as the tough phase of his career.

“It was the tough moment of my career and it was quite difficult for me to forget. I haven’t revealed this to anyone until now but I didn’t sleep for two days, my wife was with me and she was tense as I was not sleeping,” he said.

Hasan further disclosed that the pacer received immense support and motivation from Shoaib Malik and also from social media.

“Shoaib bhai came to me and told me that you are a tiger and that I shouldn’t fall. In addition to that, I also received a lot of support on social media which helped me ease through the pain,” he said.

He went on to say that he was gutted following that costly dropped catch but he decided to move on while travelling to Bangladesh briefly after Pakistan’s exit from the mega event.

“I was quiet and sitting at the side as the dropped catch was appearing in my mind continuously but while travelling to Bangladesh I told myself that I should move on,” he said.

Hasan also added that the 27-years-old pacer does not take the matches lightly and always tries to perform for Pakistan.

It is worth mentioning here that, following that dropped catch from Hasan, Wade smashed three consecutive sixes to Shaheen and powered his side to the victory which also booked a final berth for the Kangaroos.

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