Once a key part of Pakistan’s bowling attack in all three formats, now Hasan Ali not only is not selected in any of Pakistan’s teams, but has been plying his trade in local club tournaments to get some game time.
Some ugly scenes have emerged from one of those local games wherein Hasan Ali was taunted and mocked by a section of the local crowd after which the senior Pakistani pacer lost his cool and charged at some spectators angrily.
Ali got involved in a heated, abusive altercation with the fans who can be heard seen mocking him about the catch he’d dropped of Matthew Wade in the semi-final of the 2021 T20 World Cup against Australia in the UAE. That dropped chance proved costly for Pakistan as Wade then hit 3 sixes to Shaheen Afridi and Australia proceeded to the final, where they defeated New Zealand to clinch their maiden T20 world title.
In the videos that have gone viral on Twitter this week, some fans can be heard teasing Hasan Ali about the dropped catch when the cricketer was fielding near the boundary line, and since this was a local game the fans were sitting right near the boundary ropes.
Initially, Hasan Ali ignored these taunts and focused on the match. However, later on, the 28-year-old lost his cool and angrily charged at few people and even put a jump to get his hands on someone.
Soon, security and other ground officials pacified the pacer by catching him amid his fits and took him away from those fans who were poking fun at the international cricketer.
Fans on Twitter expressed their sympathy toward Hasan Ali and slammed those people who were taunting him.
Here check out the videos of angry Hasan Ali’s brawl with the crowd, and the reactions to it:
Hassan Ali’s fight with the crowd😱#HassanAli #PakvEng #Cricket pic.twitter.com/G4mji06uwa
— Muhammad Noman (@nomanedits) December 3, 2022
You gotta feel for Hasan Ali. He is out of the team but never gave any toxic statement always kept supporting the team. Once a No 1 ODI bowler and now he is facing such things in a random club game. pic.twitter.com/L2OLjVPRQd
— zayn (@ZaynMahmood5) December 4, 2022
Wtfff? How disgusting this is. Wo jesa bhi player hai, you’ve no rights to abuse him like this! Ajeeb jahil log😒 Bht Acha kia hassan ne end mein. https://t.co/ujKJA0w2oA
— Naseem Shah⚪️ (@manoxeditss) December 3, 2022
leave him alone freaks https://t.co/H127v87CSv
— Y (@notherdead) December 3, 2022
Poor @RealHa55an .. He dropped a catch. You just cant blame him forever. Whats this childish behaviour by public. https://t.co/H62pbueuQ9
— Athar Khan (@Athar_r) December 4, 2022
No player deserves this kind of disrespect. If people cant act like decent human beings then they should just stay at home. You have absolutely no right humiliate our heros like this.
There is a fine line between banter and disrespect.
Hassan Ali#PAKvENG https://t.co/k25RzePP1T
— BIA🌟 (@sighh_hh) December 4, 2022
Ppl still blaming his catch drop for sf loss….grow up https://t.co/cfwCSyIpnb
— rumi⁷ (@thisismyshiteu0) December 3, 2022
Amid this drama, a good news for Hasan Ali is that he is reportedly being considered for a recall to the Pakistan squad for the remainder of the England Test series after Haris Rauf was ruled out due to a quad injury.
