Pakistan fast bowler Muhammad Amir didnt have the best of the start on the opening day of the first Test match, at the Gabba in Brisbane as the Australian batsmen continued to pound the visitors.
Amir, who was expected to receive jeers from the harsh Aussie crowd, received applause instead from the lively crowd of the packed Gabba on Thursday at the day-night first Test.
The event occurred when Amir positioned at fine leg suffered an injury, after Peter Handscomb pulled a ball from Wahab Riaz down towards Amir, the fast bowler misfielded as he slide towards the ball, with his knee getting dug into the soft Gabba turf and stopping his movement suddenly as the ball trailed behind him to the boundary.
Amir stood up quickly but it was found that Amir has twisted his leg in process, as he was seen walking in an awkward manner immediately afterward, and then fell to the ground groaning in pain. Amir was quickly taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering what appeared to be a serious knee scare.
However, Amir remained on the ground and the crowd eventually applauded him off the field.
"Hopefully, it's not as bad as it first looked - bad bruising and not something major," ex-Test skipper Mark Taylor said, reported Australian Associated Press.
Previously there were concerns that Amir involved in an infamous match fixing scandal would not be received well by the Gabba crowd.
"Hopefully, people won't care about that. He was a young lad who was led astray - he's done his time," former Australian Test opener Chris Rogers told ABC radio.
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