Salman Ali Agha One Handed Catch: On the first day of the second Test match being played between England and Pakistan at Lord’s Cricket Ground, Pakistan player Salman Ali Aga surprised the entire cricket world with his fielding. Even though Salman could not make it to the playing 11 after Babar Azam returned to the playing eleven after recovering from a finger injury, he entered the field as a substitute fielder, where he took an amazing catch with one hand while flying in the air at second slip.
Leap into the air and make a sensational one-handed catch
During England’s first innings, when the team was making a comeback after recovering from the initial setbacks, this magical moment was seen. In fact, in the 48th over of the innings, batsman Jordan Cox tried to play a shot on the back foot on the ball coming out of the off stump of Pakistani fast bowler Khurram Shahzad, but the ball took the outer edge of the bat and went rapidly towards slip. Salman Ali Aga, posted at second slip, jumped full length to his right in the blink of an eye and took a difficult catch with one hand.
After this catch, all the Pakistani players present on the field ran towards him and celebrated this sensational fielding. At the same time, this catch of Salman turned the match towards Pakistan. When a strong partnership of 67 runs was formed between Jordan Cox and Jamie Smith for the sixth wicket, Salman Agha achieved this feat. At the same time, 25-year-old Jordan Cox, playing only the third Test of his career, played an innings of 55 runs with the help of 7 fours in 105 balls.
England’s innings faltered
The England team appeared to be on the backfoot on the opening day of this match. They lost 4 wickets in the very first session. After this, Cox along with first Dan Lawrence and then Jamie Smith handled the innings, which was stopped by Agha’s catch. Due to which, by the end of the first day’s play, the team scored 248 runs in 56 overs and lost 9 wickets. On the second day of the game, Pakistan team will come out to end England’s innings as soon as possible.