Only the second time in 149 years! Pakistan create Test history as three debutants score fifties in same innings
Pakistan's Test team achieved a significant milestone with three debutants scoring half-centuries in the first innings. Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Taha, and Arafat Minhas all made impressive contributions while helping the team build a commanding total. Saqib Khan also made his mark by taking two early wickets, strengthening Pakistan's bowling attack. Sri Lanka struggled initially, but an unbeaten…
In a remarkable feat, Pakistan's debutant trio of Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Taha, and Arafat Minhas scored half-centuries in the same innings against Sri Lanka in the ongoing first Test in Rawalpindi. This is only the second time in Test cricket history that three debutants have reached fifty in the same innings, with the previous instance occurring in Zimbabwe's maiden Test against India in Harare in 1992.
Pakistan's bold Test squad overhaul has already yielded rich dividends, with the debutants making an impact both with the bat and the ball. Saqib Khan, in particular, shone with the ball, claiming two wickets to help Pakistan seize control in the match.
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- Only the second time in 149 years! Pakistan script history in Sri Lanka Test timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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