Sajid Khan showed his mettle for Pakistan in the third Test against England in Rawalpindi on Friday. Sajid Khan, who came into bat at number 10, scored a vital 48 runs off 48 balls with the help of four sixes and two fours. He was once punched in the face when he was hit in the jaw by the top edge of a bowling ball. Rehan Ahmed. An unflinching Sajid continued to bat despite leaving blood stains on his shirt, playing one of the bravest innings the Pakistan cricket team has seen in recent times. His efforts were appreciated by everyone.
what is this Shoaib Akhtar I said we’ve been away from this team for years. We lacked the passion for Zigura and the chest star. Sajid Khan convinced me that magic is possible. What a great player. A true fighter. pic.twitter.com/wGI7scpgxn
— Moosa (@moosahmed03) October 25, 2024
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Sajid Khan crushes it with contempt #Pakben | #test at home pic.twitter.com/SIOnkEOfwB
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With spinner Sajid Khan Norman Ali England trailed with 24 wins and 3 losses. Saud Shakir‘s fighting hundred gave Pakistan the lead in the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Friday. England came on looking to erase a 77-run deficit, but there was no answer for Pakistan’s spinners on the changing pitch. Sajid sacked ben duckett For 12, Norman Ali was removed zac crowley (2) and Ollie Pope (1) followed with five points.
When bad light ended the second day’s play with five overs remaining, Joe Root and harry brook They were the 5th and 3rd fold respectively. With seven wickets in hand and three days left in the match, England still need 53 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
In the first Test, both in Multan, England won by an innings and 47 runs, while Pakistan won the second match with 152 runs and the series was tied at 1-1. On another day dominated by spin, Shakeel’s brilliant 134 was the highlight, pulling Pakistan within reach of their first home Test series win since defeating South Africa in February 2021.
Shakeel anchored Pakistan’s innings, taking them from a precarious 177-7 to 344 all out. “I had an idea that this pitch would help the spinners, so I prepared keeping that in mind,” said Shakeel, who admitted that it was one of his best knocks.
The left-handed bowler wrapped up Pakistan’s innings with a blistering knock that saw him bowl 223 balls over 322 minutes and hit just five boundaries.
“100 is 100. It feels great. We are at the best stage of the game right now.” However, leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, who was selected as England bowlers, said the team still has enough. He said there is still a fight left.
“I think we’re still pretty positive because there’s a lot of batting ahead of us, so we’re still very positive in the dressing room tomorrow,” he said.
Ahmed finished with 4 wins and 66 losses, while off-spinner Shoaib Bashir finished with 3 wins and 129 losses.
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Shakeel, 29, matched England with an 88-wicket stand alongside Noman, who scored 45, before being bowled over by spinner Bashir in the final over before the tea break.
Shakeel added another 72 for the ninth wicket, while Sajid scored an unbeaten career-best 48. Shaquille was eventually caught by an errant pull-off pacer. Gus Atkinson While Ahmed fired the last man Zahid Mahmood overnight.
The visitors appeared to be in control when young spinner Ahmed took three quick wickets and left Pakistan tottering at the end of the first session. England were hoping to take the lead by defeating Pakistan 187-7 at lunch thanks to Ahmed’s blast, but the Shakeel-Noman stand turned their hopes into a setback.
Shakeel batted calmly and took a single off Rehan in a hard-fought innings to reach his fourth Test hundred. Noman overcame a leg-before decision and Root’s dropped catch in the review to assist Shakeel brilliantly and hit two sixes and fours to help Pakistan add 80 runs in the second session. .
Rehan is Mohammad Rizwan (25), Salman Agha (1), Aamer Jamal (14) Returned to the pavilion and threatened to derail Pakistan. England’s front-line spinner jack leech And Bashir failed to produce the same sharp turns off the pitch as his rival Sajid Khan, who won 6-128 on Thursday.
Pakistan resumed the day with 73 wins and 3 losses, looking for a sizable lead to win the series. However, Shaquille was the only top hitter who was able to build a meaningful innings after reaching double digits.
With AFP input
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