Pakistan vs Australia: Babar Azam 4 runs Short Of Double Century, Playing A Record Breaking And Incredible Innings
Pakistan vs Australia: Babar Azam 4 runs Short Of Double Century, Playing A Record Breaking And Incredible Innings
Pakistan captain Babar Azam batted graciously in the second test against Australia in Karachi. The way he played was also applauded by the Aussie cricketers.
He made the highest score of his Test career in the fourth innings of the match. Although he missed his first double century, he made many special achievements while playing a memorable innings of 196 runs.
Chasing Australia’s target of 506 runs, Babar faced 425 balls while playing a marathon innings for the Pakistan team.
It was a classy innings with some trademark Babar Azam drives, he hit 21 fours and a six. He became the first captain to play the highest scoring innings in the fourth innings of a Test match. A number of greats are in this list, he left behind Don Bradman (173*), Virat Kohli (156) and Ricky Ponting (141).
Babar completed his sixth century batting on the fifth day and during this time he left behind former Pakistani cricketer Younis Khan (171 *). He became the cricketer to play the biggest innings in the fourth innings for Pakistan.
Apart from this, the right-handed star batsman made another record in his name. He became the first Pakistani cricketer to play more than 400 deliveries in the fourth innings of a Test.
Babar first put on 228 runs for the third wicket with Abdullah Shafiq and 115 runs for the fifth wicket with Mohammad Rizwan during his record-breaking innings.
Babar completed his sixth century batting on the fifth day and during this time he left behind former Pakistani cricketer Younis Khan (171 *). He became the cricketer to play the biggest innings in the fourth innings for Pakistan.
Apart from this, the right-handed star batsman made another record in his name. He became the first Pakistani cricketer to play more than 400 deliveries in the fourth innings of a Test.
Babar Azam is making the cricket world convincing of his best batting talent. Meanwhile, he has shown his maturity in the fourth innings by playing a brilliant and match-saving innings.