After badly losing the first match of the three-match Test series being played against England, Pakistan team won the second match by 152 runs and leveled the series at 1-1. England had a target of 297 runs in the fourth innings of the second match of this series played at Multan ground, but their entire team was limited to a score of 144. Seeing the way their captain Ben Stokes was stumped out during the second innings of the England team, even he himself was surprised and the fans were also surprised at his being out like this for some time.
Stokes’ bat left his hand and fell far away
On the fourth day of the Multan Test match, when the England team was chasing the target of 297 runs, they lost 6 wickets till the score of 125 in 27 overs. After this, on the first ball of the 28th over, which was bowled by Nauman Ali for Pakistan, Ben Stokes went ahead and tried to play a shot, but the bat completely slipped from his hand and fell backwards, which even Stokes took time to understand, but By then he had come far ahead of the crease and the ball had gone into the hands of Mohammad Rizwan, which he took no time in hitting on the stumps. During this, Stokes looked quite surprised as he was searching for his bat. However, after his dismissal, the Pakistani fielder returned the bat to him.
England almost out of the race for WTC final
After the defeat of the England team in the Multan Test match against Pakistan, it has become almost difficult for them to reach the final of the World Test Championship. Due to the defeat in this match, the England team is definitely in fourth place in the points table of the third edition of WTC, but their percentage of points has increased to 43.06. Whereas Pakistan team is now at 8th position in this points table. The last match of this Test series between Pakistan and England will be played in Rawalpindi from 24 to 28 October.
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