'I was crying and so was Shaheen' - Hasan Ali recalls Pakistan's T20 World Cup exit

Pakistan reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in a grand fashion as they crushed every opposition that came in their way. However, a dropped catch against Australia in the knockout encounter proved to be costly for them which resulted in their exit from the showpiece event.

In what turned out to be a great miss, Hasan Ali failed to grab a catch off Shaheen Shah Afridi's bowling as wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade smashed the bowler for three humongous sixes to seal the game for his side in the penultimate over of the game.

Ali finally opened up on the incident, reflecting on the 'tough moment' of his career, the pacer stated that the dropped catch could not let him sleep for two days.

"It was the toughest moment of my career and it was quite difficult for me to forget. I haven’t revealed this to anyone until now but I didn’t sleep for two days, my wife was with me and he was tense as I was not sleeping," Hasan was quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

"I was quiet and sitting at the side as the dropped catch was appearing in my mind continuously but while travelling to Bangladesh I told myself that I should move on," added the speedster. 

The 27-year-old revealed what followed after the hurtful loss and spilled beans about him shedding tears with Shaheen.

"All my teammates are aware of how I approach the games and that I don’t take the matches lightly. I prepare well and I always try to perform for Pakistan. After the match, I was crying and so was Shaheen; it was an extremely sad moment," Hasan shared.

The cricketer mentioned how Shoaib Malik motivated him after the incident.

"Shoaib bhai came to me and told me that you are a tiger and that I shouldn’t fall. In addition to that, I also received a lot of support on social media which helped me ease through the pain," he concluded.