Saud Shakeel: Saud Shakeel… This left-handed batsman is the rising star of the Pakistan cricket team, who has been raining runs since his Test debut. When he came out to bat in the Rawalpindi Test against Bangladesh, he created history by scoring 30 runs. Now Saud Shakeel has become the fastest player to score 1000 runs in Test cricket for Pakistan. In this case, he equaled Saeed Ahmed, who had scored 1000 runs in Test format in 20 innings 65 years ago.
Saeed Ahmed, the star batsman of Pakistan, made this record against Australia in Karachi on 4 December 1959. Now Shakeel is at number one in this list while Saeed Ahmed is at number two. The names of players like Sadiq Mohammad, Javed Miandad, Taufiq Umar, Abdullah Shafiq are included in this list.
Fastest 1000 runs in Test cricket for PAK (in innings)
20 innings – Saeed Ahmed20 innings – Saud Shakeel22 innings – Sadiq Mohammad23 innings – Javed Miandad24 innings – Taufiq Umar24 innings – Abdullah Shafique25 innings – Mohsin Khan25 innings – Saeed Anwar
Babar Azam can take batting masterclass from Saim Ayub and Saud Shakeel before he comes to bat in the 2nd inning.
Attack is the best defense and both have gone for the best defense in tough situation.pic.twitter.com/t1Wdgzy6Qh
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) August 21, 2024 Who is Saud Shakeel
Saud Shakeel is a young batsman from Pakistan, he bats with left hand. He has made his debut in ODI and Test. This Karachi-born cricketer has scored 1024 runs in 11 Tests for the country with an impressive average of 64. He has 2 centuries, a double century and 7 fifties to his name. In 15 ODIs, he has scored 317 runs at an average of 28.82.
1000 test runs for Saud Shakeel. And he’s only playing his 11th game. Very sad how years of his career have been wasted. He made his debut way too late. Probably the best test batsman in the country right now. pic.twitter.com/5iAbsoWy0N
— Haroon (@hazharoon) August 21, 2024 Match status
Actually, the first test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh is going on in Rawalpindi. By the end of the first day’s play, Pakistan has scored 158 runs after losing 4 wickets. Saud Shakeel is unbeaten after scoring 57 runs off 92 balls, Mohammad Rizwan is playing after scoring 24 runs off 31 balls. Former captain Babar Azam scored 0, opener Abdullah Shafiq scored 2 and captain Shan Masood scored only 6 runs. For Bangladesh, Shoriful Islam took 2 wickets and Hasan Mahmud took 2 wickets.