• The wicketkeeper put his back leg down
•  His heel wasn’t on the ground.
• This was Sarfaraz’s third time in the series with a score of fifty.

PAK vs NZ: Sarfaraz Ahmed, the wicketkeeper for Pakistan, was out after a controversial stumping during the second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi.

The right-hander was sent back to the hut when wicketkeeper Tom Blundell whipped the bails down the leg side on Daryl Mitchell’s bowling.

Sarfaraz put his back leg down, but his heel wasn’t on the ground. This meant that the TV umpire had to decide if any part of the batter’s shoe was inside the crease. After watching many replays, the umpire decided that Sarfaraz didn’t have anything on the ground behind the crease, so he was given out.

This was Sarfaraz’s third time in the series with a score of fifty or more.

But netizens were upset that the former captain was sent off, and some of them got angry at the umpires.

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That Sarfaraz stumping decision will generate some debate, I reckon 👀

— Imran Ahmad Khan (@imranahmadkh) January 4, 2023

Ahsan Raza, this isn’t done bro! How can you take two hours to decide and not give benefit of doubt to the batter? Sarfaraz Ahmed was clearly not amused.

(Gif courtesy: @grassrootscric) #PAKvNZpic.twitter.com/t8VPY7WrIk

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— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) January 4, 2023

🚨 what kind of decision
Clearly can see the different side that foot in the ground
How could it be “ OUT “

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Hard luck Saifi #PakvsNZ #SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/Pk7MbXVx1p

— Muhammad Tahir khan (@tahirthe12thman) January 4, 2023

Saud Shakeel scored his first Test century, lifting Pakistan to 337-5 at tea on the third day of the second Test.

The home team is now 112 runs behind New Zealand’s first-innings total of 449 and will look to build a match-winning lead on a pitch that is still suitable for batting.

Shakeel hit a boundary off spinner Michael Bracewell and then took a sharp single to reach three figures in 319 minutes of stoic batting.

After the first Test, also in Karachi, ended in a draw, the two-match series is tied.

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