WATCH: Willey-Ali Perfect A Tag-Team Catch To Get Azam Khan Out

David Willey and Anwar Ali take a tag-team catch in Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United PSL match.

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Fielding standards have gone high in the last decade or so. All the players are now expected to maintain a standard while fielding and taking catches as they come. The teams practice tough catches and situational catches like Tag-team. 

The tag-team catch is one where at least two fielders are involved to take a single catch. This situation generally arises at the boundary where a fielder pushes the ball into the field and the other catches.

In the match between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United during the Pakistan Super League(PSL), the tag-team situation arose for the Mohammad Rizwan-led side when they were defending 218 runs. 

In the 12th over, Khushdil Shah came onto the bowl his 3rd over when Azam Khan and Shadab Khan were at the crease. On the fifth ball, Azam, who had a boundary previous delivery, once again looked smashed the ball, trying to clear the long-on boundary. 

He almost succeeded before David Willey grabbed the ball at the edge of the boundary but he lost his balance so he pushed the ball in the air as he went into the nonplaying area. Anwar Ali, who was in the mid-wicket region, ran and stood right where Willey pushed the ball and took grabbed the ball to complete the relay catch. 

Multan struck gold!
Wonderful team effort #HBLPSL7 l #LevelHai l #IUvMS pic.twitter.com/OQvcVH6BfL

— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 1, 2022

The fielding brilliance cost Islamabad the fifth wicket. They eventually lost the match by 20 runs despite Shadab Khan's 91.