Shan Masood, the Pakistan opener, sparked outrage among fans after he reviewed a seemingly plumb LBW decision on day one of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.

The third over of the day saw a massive inswinger from Tim Southee hit Shan Masood on his right boot, with the batsman seemingly caught plumb in front of the stumps. The umpire promptly raised his fingers to send the opener back. However, after a brief discussion with his partner Abid Ali, Masood decided to go upstairs for a review.

The only way the opener was going to be saved was if the ball had hit the bat first, which appeared to be the sole reason why he reviewed the decision. However, replays showed that his bat was behind his front pad and had not even come in contact with the ball.

Ball tracking showed the ball crashing into the middle stump, sparking a huge uproar from fans for wasting the review early on.

Shan Masood is the legend. Another duck. #PAK VS NZ pic.twitter.com/2VPaFp98m4

— Muhammad Noman (@Nomancricket29) January 3, 2021

Sir Shan Masood just passed away from 22 yards to pavilion on his lucky num 0. First duck of 2021😐 #PakvsNz pic.twitter.com/1nzl8bAiUD

— Babar azam fans (@babazamfan) January 3, 2021

Shan Masood took review on this. pic.twitter.com/rM3DDlMruC

— Aqeel (@AqeelViews) January 3, 2021

Non-striker Abid Ali also copped criticism for encouraging Masood to go for the review despite him having a clear view from the other end. In fact, it was Ali who seemed to have pushed Masood to go upstairs.

Because Pakistani never believe in truth. I have never seen anything more obvious than that. And he still went for he review. How come Abid Ali didn’t stop him. He had a clear view?

— Syed Haque (@sahaq00) January 2, 2021

poor review. poor from Abid ali not having guts to say that's plumb dude.

— Ahsan 🇵🇰 (@AHS20022) January 2, 2021

The opener is going through a rough patch after his hundred in England last year, and has three ducks in Tests since the start of 2020. In fact, since his 156 at Manchester in August, Masood hasn’t made more than 18 in his last seven Test innings.

Shan Masood's last 7 innings since his 156 at Manchester:-

0
1
4
18
10
0
0

Runs: 33
Avg: 4.7
Ducks: 3#NZvPAK

— ComeOn Cricket 🏏🇮🇳 (@ComeOnCricket) January 3, 2021

Still a better opener than Shan Masood.#NZvPAK #PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/lD6YAfJ3WW

— Adnan Chishti 🇵🇰🇹🇷 (@IamAdnanchishti) January 3, 2021

Shan masood seems done and dusted

— Mohaimen (@momi15075) January 3, 2021

The desperate review on Sunday earned Masood plenty of flak, but the opener, who hit a purple patch with three consecutive Test hundreds in 2020 right before his ongoing rut, would be keen to make amends in the next innings.