Twitter reacts to anti-climax at the Wanderers as De Kock’s ‘disgraceful’ act costs Fakhar Zaman well-deserved double-century

04/04/2021

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In one of the most anti-climactic moments in cricket history, Fakhar Zaman was left heart-shattered as he was run out 7 short of a well-deserved double-ton. However, Quinton de Kock’s actions have now come under fire as a ‘fake fielding’ attempt from the WK ended up putting the batsman off.

Perfect bluff from QDK

de kock with the perfect dummy
— kεz (@realkez)

Great knock under pressure

— Aditya Das (@lodulalit001)

Absolutely

What an incredible innings I have just seen from Fakhar Zaman! Deserved the double.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)

Unlucky

Fakhar Zaman run-out on 193 runs from 155 balls including 18 fours and 10 sixes while chasing 342 runs. What a knock under pressure with no support from other end. Take a bow, Fakhar.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Brilliant display of batting

Fakhar Zaman's knock today is currently the highest ever Batting Impact for an ODI innings. Gobsmacking stuff.
— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket)

Incredible

Fakhar Zaman is now the first Asian cricketer whose first 5 ODI hundreds have all been outside Asia.

114 v IND at The Oval🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

117* v ZIM at Bulawayo🇿🇼

210* v ZIM at Bulawayo🇿🇼

138 v ENG at Southampton🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

127* (so far) v SA at Johannesburg🇿🇦
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)

This is sad