This happened for the first time in Pakistan cricket. (Photo- Pti)
The third and decisive match of the Test series is being played between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Both the teams are currently tied at 1-1 in this series. In the last match of the series, England won the toss and decided to bat first. At the same time, considering the favorable pitch for spinners, on both the days more and more spinners were included in the playing 11. With this, Pakistan did something in the first two overs of the match, which was never seen in the history of Pakistan cricket.
This happened for the first time in Pakistan cricket
Pakistan is called the factory of fast bowlers. But to defeat England, Pakistan team is showing more confidence in the spinners in this series. Something similar was seen in the third test also. Off-spinner Sajid Khan started the bowling for Pakistan. After this he got the second over bowled by Noman Ali. Let us tell you, Noman Ali is also a spinner. That means Pakistan decided to start the match with spinners, which was quite surprising. Let us tell you, the pitch of this match is very helpful for the spinners and there is not much for the bowlers, due to which Pakistan had to do this.
Actually, this is the first time in the history of Pakistan cricket when two spinners started the match. In Test history, this was only the fourth time that two spinners opened the bowling in the first innings of a Test match. The last time this happened was in 2019, when Bangladesh opened the bowling with Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan against Afghanistan in Chittagong. At the same time, this feat was first seen in Test cricket in 1964. Then India had bowled the first two overs against England through Motaganhalli Jayasimha and Salim Aziz Durrani.
Playing 11 of both the teams for the third test
England's playing 11: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (w), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.
Pakistan's playing 11: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.
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