A great feat occurred in the Rawalpindi test match between Pakistan and England.
While the Indian team is playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand at home, the Pakistan team has also come to play the last match of the three-match Test series against England in Rawalpindi starting today. England team captain Ben Stokes decided to bat first after winning the toss in the Rawalpindi test match. At the same time, it was already speculated that the pitch of this match would prove useful for the spinners and that is why the Pakistan team decided to bowl spinners from both sides at the beginning of the match. Along with this, the Pakistan team also managed for the first time in Test cricket to achieve a feat that only the Indian team and the Bangladesh team achieved.
For the first time in Test cricket, Pakistan started with 2 spinners on the first day of the game.
Pakistan team captain Shan Masood after losing the toss decided to bowl with his two spinners, with this Masood’s name was also included in a list in the history of Test cricket where it was not possible earlier. no Pakistan captain. For the first time in the history of Test cricket, the Indian team decided to start bowling with spinners from both ends on the first day of the Kanpur test match against England in the year 1964. After this, the Indian team Bangladesh did something similar in 2018 and 2019. Now something like this has been seen in the Pakistan team.
2 spinners who started bowling from both ends on the first day in the history of Test cricket
Motaganahalli Jayasimha and Salim Durrani – against England (Kanpur Test, 1964)
Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Abdur Razzaq – vs Sri Lanka (Mirpur Test, 2018)
Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan – vs Afghanistan (Chattogram Test, 2019)
Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali – vs England (Rawalpindi Test, year 2024)
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