SA vs SL | Twitter laughs as Andile Phehlukwayo voluntarily offers two extra runs to batting team out of embarrassment

SA vs SL | Twitter laughs as Andile Phehlukwayo voluntarily offers two extra runs to batting team out of embarrassment

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By SportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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Dropped catches often have the player at blame wishing the ground swallowed them up whole, thus occupying the top echelon of humiliating acts to commit in cricket. However, Andile Phehlukwayo managed to go even one step further on Saturday by losing all sense of awareness after his missed chance.

South Africa were well on top right through their opening World Cup encounter against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as the Lions still required well over 200 runs in their chase of 429 with just 20 overs and five wickets in hand. As commendable as the Proteas were for most parts with the ball given the nature of the track, the side did commit multiple erroneous blunders in the field, each of which seemed worthy to be in the tournament's best bloopers compilation when it comes to an end. However, the comedy seemed to peak in the 28th over, all because of substitute fielder Andile Phehlukwayo and his absurd antics.

The all-rounder was stationed at deep fine leg in the 28th over when a top edge from Charith Asalanka's bat off Marco Jansen came flying towards him. Phehlukwayo did well to cover the ground quickly and get in position to grab the ball but a slight misjudgement meant he failed to get under the Kookaburra cleanly and it ultimately popped out of his hand. In the process, the 27-year-old went over the boundary line and had shame written all over his face for letting go of the opportunity. Phehlukwayo thus proceeded to pick up the ball and throw it back to the middle, signalling with his hands it was a six to avoid the rigours of a boundary check.

However, the player had completely failed to realize the ball had fallen inside the playing area. By picking the ball from beyond the limits, he had awarded the opposition an unnecessary four. Fortunately for him, the umpires ignored his signal to eventually declare just a four for Sri Lanka but the sheer embarrassment experienced by Andile Phehlukwayo and its consequences had Twitterati in splits.  

What was Andile Phehlukwayo thinking??

Anger!!

Packed!

Big W

Well played

demolished

Strong performance

True

Unreal

Mountain target!

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