After scoring a fifty in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Saud Shakeel became the first-ever batter in history to score a half-century in each of the first seven Tests of their career.
Previously, India’s Sunil Gavaskar, Pakistan’s Saeed Ahmed, West Indies’ Basil Butcher and New Zealand’s Bert Sutcliffe scored half-centuries in each of the first six Tests of their career.
First batter in Test history to make a 5️⃣0️⃣+ score in each of his first 7️⃣ matches ?
Mr Consistent @saudshak ?#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/BKDPYOMIO6
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) July 26, 2023
Shakeel also bagged the award for Player of the Match in the first Test, which Pakistan won by four wickets in Galle last week, after he made a career-best 208 not out in the first innings.
The left-hander is also only the second Pakistan batter to hit a double ton in his first Test match away from home.
