Why did the Pakistani team get defamed in the Multan Test? You won't be surprised if you know these 5 reasons.
Pakistan has suffered a shameful defeat in the Multan Test. England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs. In this way, Pakistan has become the first team to lose by an innings after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings. In the match in which Pakistan's intention was only to draw, England won with two sessions remaining. With this, the wait for victory at home for Pakistan has become even longer. This is the 11th consecutive Test match played in Pakistan in which the host team has not been able to win. It has been more than three and a half years. The question is why did Pakistan suffer such a fate in the Multan Test?
The result of the Multan Test can be judged as to how poorly the Pakistan Test team is playing at the moment. The way the batsmen who had scored more than 500 runs in the first innings surrendered in the second innings is being criticized everywhere. Overall, this is a black day in the history of Pakistan cricket. First Bangladesh and now England have defeated them at home. Let us tell you what are the 5 reasons due to which Pakistan's failure has been a disaster.
Pakistan's conspiracy revealed
As soon as the match started, England understood what Pakistan had planned. Pakistan's plan was to get a flat wicket and bat with the intention of drawing the match. After this, England showed courage in giving a befitting reply to Pakistan in Multan. On the basis of this courage, the English team foiled Pakistan's plan. England's team batted like ODI in Test cricket and scored more than 800 runs by batting at a run rate of more than 5. Pakistan had no idea that there would be such a counterattack. Therefore, after Bangladesh, it had to face defeat at home against England too. England had also won 3-0 in the last Pakistan tour.
Pakistan was not ready for a 'counter attack'
In the Multan Test, Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. Pakistan had no idea that the England team would break its illusion. The Pakistan team thought that after scoring 556 runs, it would not lose the match. But England scored 823 runs in the first innings. It scored runs at a run rate of 5.48. Joe Root scored a double-century. Harry Brook scored a triple-century. Harry Brook scored the second-fastest triple-century in the history of Test cricket. Pakistan had no idea that the English team would counterattack in this way. The Pakistan team believed that the pressure of 556 runs would be enough to scatter the English team. But the exact opposite happened.
The Kanpur Test gave England a boost.
England's team adopted a similar formula to win the Multan Test which the Indian team had recently adopted against Bangladesh in the Kanpur Test. This became the third reason for the victory. In fact, more than two days of the Kanpur Test were wasted due to rain. Despite this, the Indian team batted aggressively and called Bangladesh to bat in the second innings. England did something similar. England made Pakistan bat on the fourth day of the Multan Test match. Due to a lead of more than two hundred and fifty runs, Pakistan's batsmen faltered badly in the second innings. Captain Shan Masood, who scored a century in the first innings, was out after scoring just 11 runs in the second innings. Apart from this, experienced batsman Babar Azam did not reach double figures. Babar failed in both innings of the Multan Test. The big thing is that Pakistan kneeled down in the second innings on a pitch where batting was not difficult at all.
Pakistan is haunted by the ghost of 267 runs.
The fourth reason for Pakistan's defeat in the Multan Test was England's lead of 267 runs in the first innings. This is because this lead on a lifeless pitch acted as a psychological pressure on the players. This was the reason why Pakistan's batsmen surrendered in the second innings of the Multan Test. Surprisingly, in the second innings, 6 batsmen returned to the pavilion before 100 runs. Pakistan's opener Abdullah Shafique was out without opening his account. He had scored a century in the previous innings. Apart from this, Saib Ayub-25, Saud Shakeel-29, and Rizwan-10 were out. These players surrendered in front of the bowlers even on a lifeless pitch. Abrar Ahmed was injured, so he did not come to bat in the second innings.
The plan to score runs and earn praise also failed.
In the Multan Test, Pakistan's plan to draw the match and praise its centurions went awry. Actually, Abdullah Shafiq, captain Shan Masood, and Salman Agha scored centuries for Pakistan in the first innings. Despite this, no one in Pakistan is discussing their centuries today. However, people are upset with the fact that Pakistani players play for personal milestones.