Shan Masood and Babar Azam
SA vs PAK, 2nd Test: South Africa and Pakistan are playing a 2-match test series. South Africa, which won by 2 wickets in the first test match, has tightened its grip on Pakistan in the second test match also. South Africa scored more than 600 runs on the scoreboard in its first innings. In response, Pakistan was all out for 194 runs in the first innings. On the third day, Pakistan advanced its first innings by 64 runs for three wickets but except Babar Azam (58) and Mohammad Rizwan (46), none of its other batsmen could make any significant contribution due to which the team was forced to follow-on.
Pakistan regained control after follow-up
After failing miserably in the first innings, Pakistan’s opening pair gave a solid start to the team after the follow-on. The pair of Babar Azam and captain Shan Masood made a partnership of more than 200 runs for the first wicket and created a big record on South African soil. In fact, the pair of Babar and Masood have become the first Pakistani opening pair to have a partnership of more than 200 runs in Test cricket in South Africa. Before this, no Pakistani opening pair could touch the 200-run mark. Was. Earlier in South Africa, the record of best opening partnership for Pakistan was in the name of Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwar. Both of them had made a partnership of 101 runs in the year 1998.
India’s 18 year old record destroyed
Partnership of 205 runs for the first wicket between Babar and Masood. On the basis of this excellent partnership, Pakistan also destroyed a big record of India which was standing for 18 years. The pair of Babar and Masood have become the Asian pair to form the biggest opening partnership on South African soil after 18 years. Earlier this record was in the name of India. India’s Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik had a partnership of 153 runs for the first wicket in Test cricket on the soil of South Africa in 2007.
Babar Azam missed a century
Let us tell you, by the end of the third day’s play in the second test match, Pakistan had scored 213 runs after losing one wicket. Shan Masood returned unbeaten after scoring 102 runs on 166 balls. There was a big partnership of 205 runs between Masood and Babar. Babar had a chance to score a century but he was out after scoring 81 runs. Fast bowler Marco Janson dismissed Babar just before the end of the third day’s play.
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