During the tenure of Pakistani captain Shan Masood, the team is on the verge of another embarrassing defeat.Image Credit source: AFP
The Multan Test, which was only in the name of batsmen for the first three and a half days, suddenly seems to be standing on the threshold of a result instead of a draw. In the first Test match being played between Pakistan and England in Multan, four days of play has been completed and the fifth i.e. last day of play is left on Friday, October 11. This day can witness a surprising record not only in the history of Pakistan cricket but also in the history of world cricket. After completion of 4 days of the match, the England team seems very close to victory and if they register victory on Friday, then it will be the first time in the 147 year history of Test cricket that a team will score 500 runs in the first innings. Will also lose.
Pakistani batsmen enjoyed the first and second days of this match which started from October 7 at Multan Cricket Stadium. For Pakistan, 3 batsmen including captain Shan Masood scored centuries and the team scored a total of 556 runs. However, it was felt then that if the Pakistani team can make such a big score, then England will easily score 600 or 650 runs on such a flat pitch, but no one expected the scene that was seen after the third and fourth day of play. There will be, but there will be no surprise either. On the basis of Harry Brook's historic triple century and Joe Root's memorable double century, England declared the innings by scoring 823 runs in just 150 overs.
In this way, England had taken a lead of 267 runs in the first innings and then by the end of the fourth day's play, Pakistan had also taken 6 wickets in the second innings, while only 152 runs were scored. Now on the fifth and last day, Pakistan faced It is a very difficult challenge to avoid defeat, while they are still 115 runs behind and only 4 wickets are left in their hands. Now if the Pakistani team fails to save this match, then it will become the first team in Test cricket, which had scored more than 500 runs in its first innings and yet lost the Test match. Till date no team has seen such a day in Test cricket.
In the last few months, after the defeat to America in the T20 World Cup, and then the clean sweep in the Test series at home by Bangladesh last month itself, the Pakistani team is close to another embarrassing defeat and record. If this happens, the Pakistani team will be deprived of victory in its 11th consecutive Test at home. Now, if it wants to avoid such humiliation, then we will have to hope that Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal save the team by forming a memorable partnership. However, both of them had saved the team from defeat on the fourth day itself. Pakistan had lost 6 wickets including Babar Azam, Shan Masood for only 82 runs but then Salman and Aamir succeeded in taking the match till the last day by making an unbeaten partnership of 70 runs.
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