New Delhi. The first match of 2 test matches between South Africa and Pakistan has started from today. In this Boxing Day Test match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Pakistan’s performance while batting was poor and they lost 4 wickets at the score of 56. In the first innings of this test, Babaz Azam lost his wicket after scoring 4 runs. He failed to score big.
Babar Azam may have scored only 4 runs against South Africa but he created history. He has joined the list along with Virat and Rohit Sharma. Apart from this, he has become the first Pakistani player to achieve this position from Pakistan.
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Babar Azam has completed 4000 runs in Test cricket by scoring 4 runs in the first innings of the first Test against South Africa. Along with scoring 4000 runs in Test cricket, he has also joined the special list of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Babar has now become the third player in the world to have scored 4000 or more runs in every format of cricket. Before Babar, this record was done by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Babar Azam has become the first player of Pakistan who has 4000 or more runs in every format of cricket.
With Babar Azam scoring 4000 runs in Test cricket, he has also become the 12th batsman from Pakistan to score so many runs in this longer format. Hagalanki Babar Azam’s bad form continues. He has not scored any half-century in Test cricket for the last 2 years. He scored his last half-century in Test cricket on 26 December 2022.
Tags: Babar Azam, Boxing Day Test, Pakistan vs South Africa, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
FIRST PUBLISHED: December 26, 2024, 17:34 IST