‘Doodh peeta bachcha hai’: Not out Mohammad Nawaz walks, lambasted for lack of match awareness

Pakistan’s T20 World Cup 2022 campaign is going from bad to worse. In a highly bizarre dismissal, Mohammad Nawaz decided to walk, perhaps thinking he was run out. However, the umpire had given him lbw out. Replays showed that Nawaz had edged the ball and a review would have saved him.

However, neither he nor his batting partner Iftikhar Ahmed showed any match awareness. As per the rules, the ball would immediately become dead after the umpire raises his finger for an lbw, however, Nawaz and Iftikhar tried to sneak a single and South Africa responded with a direct hit. But that did not count as the scorecard showed Nawaz dismissed lbw. 

That has to be among the stranger dismissals I have seen. Can understand Nawaz not realising the umpire had given him out lbw but Iftikhar would have known. Or did he miss it too? A review would have saved the batter
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 3, 2022

Fans were shocked at the bizarre dismissal, slamming Nawaz for lack of match awareness. Some even slammed umpires, claiming that they should have told Nawaz that he had been given out lbw but didn’t. Social media erupted in angst against the Pakistan batsman.

Nawaz to doodh pita bacha hai,no match awareness 

— Danish Khan  (@Danpeace024) November 3, 2022

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