WATCH, MLC | Mukkamalla outdoes Jaiswal's misfield antics with tragically comic hand-slip to gift four runs

Pollard had already struck the Afghan wrist-spinner for three back-to-back maximums in the 14th over and aimed to extend the streak for four as he shuffled across the crease on the last ball. However, Noor cleverly avoided Pollard's hitting arc by going wide of the stumps, forcing the 38-year-old to smack the ball along the ground towards long-off for a single. Saiteja Mukkamalla, waiting by the rope, the American bent down on one knee as the Kookaburra approached him to collect it cleanly but to his horror, the ball struck his hands and began trickling towards the boundary. Nevertheless, no harm was done as Mukkamalla quickly sprinted back with the ball still a fair way from the boundary line. Yet, as he picked up the ball to effect a quick throw and stop any extra runs, the white rock simply rolled out of the back of his hand and past the ropes to award MINY four runs.

TSK head coach Albie Morkel could not believe what he had just witness in the dugout while both Mukkamalla and Pollard came across as equally perplexed. Fortunately for the American, the incident played little role in determining the result of the encounter.