Malik discloses chat with Hasan after dropped catch in 2021 T20 WC semi-final

Pakistan were in control to qualify in the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup last year while facing Australia in the semi-final.

However, Australia sneaked a win after Hasan Ali dropped Matthew Wade's catch in the 19th over. Australia still required 20 runs to win off ten deliveries when Hasan dropped the catch; what followed was absolute carnage from the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter.

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While Wade took two runs off the dropped catch, he ended the game in the same over with three successive sixes off the remaining three deliveries. 

Even as Pakistan lost the game, a gesture from the side's veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik won the hearts of cricket fans worldwide following the dropped catch.

The 40-year-old raced to Hasan ad hugged him. He gave him a pep-talk to cheer him. Malik has finally disclosed what he told Hasan Ali during the moment.

"No one wants to drop a catch. It was a big game, it was a knock-out match. This was the semi-final of the T20 World Cup and when someone drops a catch at such a crunch situation, only he would be able to tell what it actually feels like. I only thought, ‘what would I’ve been feeling if I had dropped a catch there,” Malik said during a show on local sports channel.

"I told him that it's not the end of the world. There's no need to worry, we are still in the game. You think all you want about it after the final ball is bowled. You are standing in the hotspot, maybe a catch comes to you again on the very next ball,” Malik revealed.

It must be noted both Malik and Hasan are not a part of Pakistan's squad for this year's T20 World Cup, that begins on October 22. Pakistan will open their campaign in the tournament on Sunday later this week when the side takes on arch-rivals India in Melbourne.