Saud Shakeel created Record in Sri Lanka



Pakistan batsman, Saud Shakeel, raised his seventh 50  on the third day of the continuous second Test among Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Colombo. This accomplishment has made Shakeel the main hitter in Test history to score a fifty in every one of the initial seven Tests.

Shakeel has outperformed any semblance of Sunil Gavaskar, Basil Butcher, Saeed Ahmad, and Bert Sutcliffe, who scored at least fifty runs in every one of his initial six matches.

He came to the wrinkle when Pakistan was remaining at 210-3 in the principal innings, in answer to Sri Lanka's most memorable innings score of 166. He left subsequent to scoring 57 runs, however, his association with Abdullah Shafique assisted Pakistan with expanding their most memorable innings lead north of 150.

Prior, in the main Test in Galle, the 27-year-old likewise made history by turning into the primary Pakistani batsman to accomplish a double 100  on Sri Lankan soil.


Saud Shakeel, His remarkable innings of 208 not out outperformed the past most elevated individual Grade by a Pakistani hitter in Sri Lanka, held by Mohammad Hafeez (196).

Besides, Shakeel turned out to be just the second Pakistani batsman, following Zaheer Abbas against Britain in 1971, to accomplish a twofold 100 years in the principal away Test match of a series. This achievement adds to his developing rundown of accomplishments.