Watch: Babar Azam Misses Another Simple Catch, Gets Roasted On Social Media

Pakistan cricket team's fielding performances have come under a lot of criticism in the recent past. During the recently concluded Test series against Australia, there were several missed catches and fielding errors that left the fans frustrated. Pakistan fans were left disappointed once again when Babar Azam missed an extremely easy catch during the first T20I encounter against New Zealand in Auckland on Friday. Williamson miscued a shot off the bowling of Abbas Afridi and the ball went straight towards Babar at mid-on. it should have been an easy catch but Babar misjudged it completely and ended up wasting a simple chance. Social media was not happy and fans started roasting him for the missed opportunity.

Dropped catch by Babar azam

Its okey Babar king

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Pakistan won the toss and their new captain Shaheen Shah Afridi asked New Zealand to bat in the first Twenty20 international in Auckland on Friday.

Tactical drop yes Babar !#BabarAzam #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/8EBAItJWaF

Experienced seam bowler Shaheen said he based his call on previous matches at Eden Park, which stages the first match of the five-game series.

BABAR AZAM DROPS THE CATCH. WHAT'S HAPPENING#NZvsPAK pic.twitter.com/ZIpoqPNEEn

"It looks a good wicket to me and history tells us that chasing here is very good," said Shaheen, whose team is coming off a 3-0 Test series loss in Australia.

Babar Azam dropped Kane Williamson in the easiest catch of the century.

Main toh na sehta Afridi bhai#PAKvsNZ pic.twitter.com/roBifkqWRb

"It's not easy -- Test cricket to T20 cricket -- but I think we've prepared hard over the last few days and I think we're