Ever wondered how many runs a batsman can score off a single legitimate delivery? If your answer is six, New Zealand batter Will Young must be having a laugh at you.

Bangladesh are not considered to be one of the best fielding units among all the Test-playing nations but to produce a silly mistake such as they did against New Zealand in Christchurch, is something you don't see very often on a cricket field.

Meanwhile, across the Tasman Sea...

Chaos in the field for Bangladesh as Will Young scores a seven (yes, you read that correctly!) #NZvBAN | BT Sport 3 HD pic.twitter.com/fvrD1xmNDd

— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) January 9, 2022

During the ongoing second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Hagley Oval, Young had edged a delivery by Ebadot Hossain that was put down at second slip and the ball went racing towards the fine leg region. 

Young and Tom Latham ran three but the wicket-keeper threw the ball at the non-striker's end to gift the hosts four bonus runs.

To add to the agony of Hossain, who set up a historic win for the visitors in the first Test, he was the one who had to chase down the ball to the long-off boundary.

Will Young with another half-century to his name!

He brings up the milestone with an emphatic shot over the head of Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

Watch #NZvBAN on https://t.co/WngPr152Th (in selected regions) #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/uBzgWbqIbc

— ICC (@ICC) January 9, 2022

The video of the incident went viral on social media and fans wasted little time poking fun at Bangladesh players for their mistake. Some even compared the current Bangladesh unit with Pakistan, who are also known to make such silly errors while fielding.

Pakistan Lite version

— रामधारी सिंह बिल्डर (@Sil_Batta) January 9, 2022

Nothing is impossible in Cricket.

— Debendra Naik (@Debendra_Naik16) January 9, 2022

It’s funny incident poor fielding responsible whatever Bangladesh loosing this gmae on day 4

— Sabbir Mehta (@SabbirMehta) January 9, 2022

Bangladesh back to normal as usual

— Ayush (@4yooshX) January 9, 2022

Form is temporary, class is permanent...

— Zonayed Ahmed (@zonayedpca) January 9, 2022

The comedy of errors resulted in Young not only getting a reprieve but also scoring seven runs off just one single delivery.

He went on to score a half-century while Latham brought up a fine double hundred. Ross Taylor, who is playing his final Test match, scored 28 runs as New Zealand declared their first innings at 521 for six.

Another brilliant day for New Zealand!

Trent Boult's five-wicket haul puts the Black Caps in a comfortable spot at the end of day two.

Watch #NZvBAN on https://t.co/WngPr0Ns1J (in selected regions) #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/u1yDtPXKbf

— ICC (@ICC) January 10, 2022

On Day 2, Trent Boult bowled a fiery spell and picked up five wickets to help the hosts bowl out Bangladesh for 126 runs and take a healthy first innings lead of 395 runs.

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