Pakistan cricket team made a big unwanted record, this happened for the first time in the history of 72 years

By News Update On Oct 16, 2024

Pakistan vs England 2nd Test: In the second test match being played against England at Multan Cricket Stadium, Pakistan cricket team made a big unwanted record. Pakistan team, which came to bat first after winning the toss, had a bad start and got the first blow in the form of Abdullah Shafiq on the total score of 15 runs. On the personal score of 7 runs, Shafiq was bowled by Jack Leach and shown the way to the pavilion.

This is the first time in Pakistan's 72-year-old Test history that the team has made an opening partnership of less than 20 runs for the first wicket in 10 consecutive innings. Let us tell you that in 10 innings, Pakistan's opening partnership has been 0, 8, 7, 0, 5, 3, 0, 0, 8 runs respectively.

Apart from Shafiq, Leach also dismissed Pakistan captain Shan Masood on a total score of 19 runs. Both Shafiq and Masood had scored centuries in the first innings of the first Test played in Multan.

Captain Ben Stokes has returned for the England team in this match, apart from this Matthew Potts has also got a chance. Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson are out. There have been four changes in the Pakistan team. Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood and Kamran Ghulam have come in place of Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed. Ghulam is debuting in this match.

Teams:

Pakistan (Playing XI): Sam Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamir Jamal, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.

England (Playing XI): Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.