Pakistan national cricket team batsman Saud Shakeel has achieved a huge feat in the history of Test cricket for the team. He became the fastest batsman for his country to score 1000 runs in the longest format of the game, equalling Saeed Ahmed in the feat.
Shakeel achieved the feat in his 20th innings while playing for the Pakistan National Cricket Team. The batsman surpassed 1000 runs in the longest format of the game in the ongoing game against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team. The match between the teams is being held at the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.
Saud Shakeel has been one of the most consistent batsmen of the Pakistan National Cricket Team ever since he made his debut for the team. The left-hander has been sensational in the ongoing game against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team as he bailed the team out of trouble when they lost the early wickets.
Saud Shakeel came out to bat when Pakistan was trailing at 16/3. The vice-captain of the team, along with young Saim Ayub, absorbed all the pressure and made sure to get the team out of trouble. The left-hander calmly entered the innings and then made sure to get crucial runs for his team.
Saud Shakeel, in the ongoing match, has scored a spectacular half-century and is in top form. With the way he is batting, it seems that he is all set for a big innings. He added 98 runs with Saim Ayub (56) and ensured that he took his team to over 100 runs without any further wickets in the game.
Shakeel not only scored 1000 runs for the Pakistan National Cricket Team in Tests but also equalled Saeed Ahmed’s 65-year-old record. The former batsman of the team became the fastest to achieve the feat in 1959. He achieved the feat in the third game of the series against the Australian National Cricket Team.
Coming into the game, Shakeel was just 33 runs away from 1000 runs in Test cricket. The batsman looked extremely solid on the first day of the game as he finished with an unbeaten 57 runs off 92 balls. He also hit 5 fours in his innings and will look to add more to his tally on the second day.
Saud Shakeel becomes the fastest batsman to achieve this huge feat for Pakistan
Fastest to conduct 1000 tests for Pakistan
Saud Shakeel – 20 entries
Saeed Ahmed – 20 entries
Sadiq Mohammad – 22 entries
Javed Miandad – 23 entries
Taufeeq Umar – 24 entries
Abid Ali – 24 entries
Abdullah Shafique – 24 entries
Shakeel is one of the best batsmen in the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his debut for the team in December 2022 against the England national cricket team and has not looked back since, scoring runs consistently for the team.
Saud Shakeel is one of the few batsmen to have scored a half-century in each of his first seven Tests, surpassing legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Basil Butcher. In his short career so far, he has also scored two centuries when he posted 208 not out in Galle, the highest score by a Pakistani in Sri Lanka.
