Pak vs Eng, 2nd Test | Saud Shakeel’s dismissal cost Pakistan the match, says Babar Azam
The Hindu
Replays could not confirm if Ollie Pope took a clean catch to dismiss Saud Shakeel, who was batting on 94 when he gloved a Mark Wood delivery down the leg side and was eventually adjudged out by the third umpire
Saud Shakeel's too-close-to-call dismissal cost Pakistan the match, skipper Babar Azam said after their narrow 26-run defeat in the second Test against Pakistan in Multan on Monday.
Chasing 355 to stay alive in the series, Pakistan were in the hunt with Saud guiding the hosts to 291-6 in the morning session on Day four.
Saud was on 94 when he gloved a Mark Wood delivery down the leg side and Ollie Pope dived to his right to collect the ball.
On-field umpire Aleem Dar adjudged the batsman caught behind in his soft signal before referring the decision to TV umpire Joel Wilson.
Replays could not confirm if it was a clean catch, and the original decision was upheld at a critical point in the see-saw contest.
"The Shakeel dismissal cost us," Babar told reporters after England clinched the series with a match to spare.
"It looked to us as if the ball had touched the ground.