Mohammad Rizwan ends Dean Elgar's valiant innings with great reflexes behind the stumps

Mohamm Rizwan's great presence of mind behind stumps helped Pakistan in breaking an opening partnership that threatened to make a tremendous impact on Day 3 of ongoing first Test match at National Stium, Karachi. 

'Mohamm Rizwan, you beauty!'

This happened during 17th over of South Africa's second innings that was bowled by leg-spinner Yasir Shah.   visitors' scorecard re 48/0 and Pakistan needed something special to make a comeback at that st and that is what Rizwan exactly did for his side.  On very first delivery, leggie h bowled one outside off-stump as opener Dean Elgar looked to sweep ball by playing it across off-side.

However, he failed to time ball well as it me contact with his gloves and rose a little bit. At one point, it appeared as if ball will end up landing just a few yards near batsman but, an alert Mohamm Rizwan h or ideas as he dived forward and ended up completing a brilliant catch. re was a huge appeal from Pak players as on-field umpire raised his index finger instantly. A surprised Elgar h to take a long walk back to pavilion for 29 runs to his name off 45 deliveries that included four boundaries.

video of Rizwan's brilliant catch was posted by International Cricket Council (ICC) on ir official Twitter handle. Take a look.

Even some of fans came forward and lauded young stumper for making a nearly impossible catch look really easy. Here are some of reactions. 

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Who will gain upper hand on Day 4?

Pakistan mand to get a 158-run first-innings le in reply to South Africa's 220 riding on an outstanding century by middle-order batsman Faw Alam (109) after hosts were reduced to 27/4. 

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Proteas in ir second innings have alrey lost ir top-order and were 187/4 with a le of 29 runs at stumps on Day 3. All eyes will be on middle-order duo of skipper Quinton de Kock (yet to get off mark) and Keshav Maharaj (2*) as visitors look to post a challenging total on board when y resume ir innings on Day 4. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan will be hoping to run through South Africa's middle and lower order batsmen so that y end up chasing a manable total and take a 1-0 le in two-match series. 

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