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Saud Shakeel continued his dominance in the longest format of the game as he scored his third Test century against Bangladesh. The left-handed batsman scored a brilliant 141 off 261 balls in the ongoing first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Shakeel came in to bat on the first day when Pakistan were struggling for runs after losing 4 wickets for a score of 114.
He took charge of the Pakistani innings from here and managed to complete his century on the second day before being dismissed by Mehdi Hasan Miraz. He shared a 240-run partnership with Mohammad Rizwan. During his brilliant innings, the Pakistan vice-captain hit nine fours.
Saud Shakeel has many records to his name
Shakeel’s average has increased significantly after this century. The 28-year-old now has the second-best average among current Test batsmen with a minimum of 10 Test innings. After a brilliant performance with the bat, Shakeel averages 65.18 in 20 innings. His batting average is currently higher than legends like Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and Virat Kohli, who are considered four of the best players in modern cricket.
In the list of all-time best averages of batsmen (after playing a minimum of 20 innings), Shakeel is second just after the great Australian batsman Donald Bradman. Let us tell you that Bradman’s average is 99.94. Shakeel completed 1,000 Test runs during his innings, equalling Saeed Ahmed’s record of becoming the joint-fastest Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone. Both reached the milestone in 11 Tests and 20 innings.
Saud Shakeel broke Saeed Ahmed’s record during his century innings and became the highest run scorer for Pakistan after the first 20 innings of Test cricket. Earlier, the record for the highest run scorer for this team in the first 20 innings of Test cricket was in the name of Saeed Ahmed who had scored 1033 runs.
