Faf du Plessis' nasty on-field collision with Mohammad Hasnain in PSL

Faf du Plessis on-field collision PSL: In the ongoing edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis while playing for the Quetta Gladiators was involved in a nasty collision. The incident took place during the 19th match of the PSL between the Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

Watch: Faf du Plessis nasty collision

During the seventh over of Zalmi’s batting, David Miller played a crisp straight drive down the ground and Faf du Plessis was fielding at the long-on position. Faf ran forward to stop the ball and at the same time, Mohammad Hasnain also came running in from the long-off region. Both the Quetta Gladiators’ teammates came steaming in at full throttle and Faf’s head collided with Hasnain’s knees and the former was even laid on the ground for a long time.

Praying to Almighty for the speedy recovery and a good health for #FafduPlessis
May he #getwellsoon ! pic.twitter.com/TT1JaTGFCH

— farooqueonfire ? (@real_farooque07) June 12, 2021

Mohammad Hasnain tried to avoid the collision but he could not do the same. After getting back to his feet, Faf du Plessis was taken to the hospital for further scans. However, the Proteas cricketer was later even seen in the dugout with the injury on his neck while his wife Imari Visser also looked a bit concerned for her husband.

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After Faf suffering a concussion in the first innings of the match, 19-year-old Saim Ayub was drafted in as the concussion substitute. While talking about the same match, Peshawar Zalmi registered a superb 61-run win over Quetta Gladiators on the back of David Miller’s sensational knock of 73 runs off only 46 balls that included 6 fours and 4 sixes. For the Peshawar Zalmi, Rovman Powell also smashed a wonderful cameo of 43 runs off just 19 balls to help his team post a challenging total of 197 for 5 while Mohammad Irfan picked up three crucial wickets with the ball to restrict the Quetta Gladiators to 136 for 9 in 20 overs.

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