The bowler who yearned for a wicket for 2858 days got Babar out, the last time he had made Virat his victim.
The England cricket team is currently on a tour of Pakistan. A 3-match Test series is being played between the two teams. The first match of the series is being played at the Multan Stadium. The first day of this match went in Pakistan's favor. Pakistan's batsmen scored a lot of runs on a flat pitch. But the former captain of the team is not playing a big innings even on this flat pitch and his poor form is still continuing. Babar Azam was out in the first innings of this match on the ball of a bowler who last took a Test wicket in Asia in the year 2016.
Babar Azam became the victim of this bowler.
Babar Azam has been in a very bad rhythm for some time now. No big innings have been seen from his bat. But seeing the flat pitch of Multan, it was believed that Babar could play a big innings in this match. But he could score only 30 runs in 71 balls and lost his wicket. Babar Azam was out LBW by England fast bowler Chris Woakes. Babar also took DRS, but he was clearly out.
This wicket was very special for Chris Woakes. Actually, Chris Woakes took a Test wicket in Asia after waiting for 2858 days. Before this, he took the last Test wicket in Asia in 2016 during the India tour. Then Chris Woakes took the wicket of Virat Kohli. Now after 8 years, Chris Woakes has ended this wait by dismissing Babar.
For Babar Azam, scoring a century in Tests has become a dream these days, let alone completing a half-century. He has been continuously flopping not for the last 1 or 2 innings but for 17 innings. Babar Azam has not scored a single half-century in the last 17 innings of Tests. He also recently quit the captaincy of the ODI and T20 teams and said that he wants to focus on his game. But nothing like this was seen in the first innings of this match.
Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq scored centuries.
With the centuries of captain Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq, Pakistan strengthened its position by scoring 328 runs for four wickets on the first day of the first cricket test against England. On the second day of the game, Pakistan will try to add as many runs as possible to this score. Scoring his first Test century in four years, Masood scored 151 runs in 177 balls while opener Shafiq played an innings of 102 runs. Both also made a big partnership of 253 runs for the second wicket.
At the end of the day's play, Saud Shakeel was playing after scoring 35 runs while night watchman Naseem Shah had not opened his account yet. At the same time, Gus Atkinson took the maximum of 2 wickets for England on the first day. At the same time, Jack Leach also got 1 success.