Pakistan’s latest addition to the Test squad, Imran Butt, has already made headlines just a few minutes into his debut. Butt took an astonishing catch of South African batsman, Aiden Markram, in the slips.
Imran’s superb effort is currently trending on Twitter, with International Cricket Council’s (ICC) official Twitter account uploading the video of the catch.
The tweet was captioned, ‘An unforgettable debut already for Imran Butt.”
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An unforgettable debut already for Imran Butt 👀#PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/Qpv5IEJvaw
— ICC (@ICC) January 26, 2021
The cricketing fraternity was in awe of the magnificent catch and appreciated Imran’s effort in the field.
Pakistan need this type of filding constantly
— subhman (@sehershinwari) January 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/AmrutanshuD/status/1353949497504768000
a fine dive with a low laying catch, Guy got a safe pair of hands.
— Salman Ashraf (@SalmanAshraf03) January 26, 2021
Great Catch & Awesome Left Hand Pace Bowling.
— Easy Kitchen 2.0 (@mahiimahika) January 26, 2021
Vishwas nhi ho rha 😮
— King Kohli 😎 (@GauravS80731241) January 26, 2021
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Butt has already made a statement early in his international career, but his real test will come with the bat. Imran will be tasked to open the innings for Pakistan and face a strong South African bowling line-up of Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, and Anrich Nortje.
Butt finished as the top scorer in last year’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, scoring 934 runs at an average of 62.26 in 9 matches. He only played 3 matches in this year’s tournament before being called up to the national squad for the tour of New Zealand. He will be hoping to continue his good run and pile up some runs for the national team.
