New Delhi. Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored a memorable century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. He played this century when the Pakistan team was in trouble after losing 7 wickets for 85 runs. Where in the Test match being played in Galle, Pakistan had to score 100 runs and where Babar Azam alone scored more than 100 runs. There was a time in the match that Sri Lanka would take a lead of 120-130 runs. But Babar Azam put his team almost on par by sharing 133 runs with the last three batsmen.
Test match is being played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Galle. Sri Lanka’s team scored 222 runs on the first day of the match. In response, Pakistan’s team lost seven wickets for 85 runs on the second day. But captain Babar Azam played an innings of 119 runs to take Pakistan to 218 runs. In this way, 53.60 percent of Pakistan’s innings came out of Babar’s bat. This is Babar Azam’s seventh Test century.
When Babar Azam came to bat in the match, Pakistan’s score was 21 for 2 wickets. He took over one end from here but wickets kept falling at the other end. By the time the team’s score reached 73, half of its batsmen were out. In these moments of pressure, Babar not only took one end, but also scored runs at a good strike rate of 48.77. Babar hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 244 balls.
The fastest Asian cricketer to score 10,000 runs.
Babar Azam made a special achievement during this innings. He has become the fastest Asian cricketer to score 10,000 runs in international cricket. Before him, this record was in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli had scored 10 thousand runs in 232 innings in international cricket. Babar has done this feat in only 228 innings.
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July 17, 2022, 17:51 IST