WATCH: Hasan Ali takes wicket, ‘outsources’ celebration to Shadab Khan

Hasan Ali takes wicket, 'outsources' celebration to Shadab Khan

There is no stopping Hasan Ali these days. With 68 wickets from 33 matches, he is threatening to become the second-quickest to the 100-wicket mark in ODIs (the record is 52) — though Rashid Khan’s world record of 100 wickets in 44 ODIs may elude him. Hasan took 2 for 55 in the final ODI of the series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, where Pakistan completed their 5-0 whitewash.

The first of these wickets was of Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza, who demonstrated little footwork to a good-length delivery. The ball took off, eluded Masakadza’s outside edge, and sent both the off- and middle-stumps flying. It was a spectacular sight.

What followed was even more curious. Hasan is renowned for his ‘bomb celebration’, where he mimics the act of a bomb exploding, which had faced mixed reaction from social media.

Here, however, he went a step ahead and invited teammate Shadab Khan to celebrate on his behalf. Unfortunately, there was no Hasan Ali-level ferocity in the smiling teenager.