Imam ul Haq and Shan Masood played brilliant innings. (Photo-PTI)
Pakistan vs South Africa, 1st Test: Pakistan has started its campaign in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27. The host team made a great start on the first day of the first Test match being played against South Africa in Lahore. During this, opener Imam Ul Haq and captain Shan Masood equaled a record of 25 years ago. The Pakistani team made such a fast start at home for the first time since 2000. However, Imam ul Haq missed scoring his century in this test match.
Which record did you equal?
Won the toss and came out to bat first against South Africa pakistani team The start was not good and opener Abdullah Shafiq returned to the pavilion in the first over after scoring only 2 runs. After this, Imam ul Haq and Shan Masood took over the team’s innings and started scoring runs rapidly.
During this, both the batsmen together made a record in their name by scoring 51 runs at the loss of one wicket in the first 10 overs. In the year 2000, against England in Faisalabad, Pakistan had scored 51 runs at home after losing one wicket in the first 10 overs. During that time Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi started the innings. This record was equaled by Imam ul Haq and Shan Masood.
Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq played brilliant innings
Captain in the first test match against South Africa Shan Masood And Imam ul Haq made a partnership of 161 runs in 47 overs for the second wicket. This partnership was broken by the visiting team’s bowler Prenelon Subrayan. He gave a big blow to Pakistan by dismissing Shan Masood. Shan Masood played a brilliant inning of 76 runs in 147 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six.
After this, Imam ul Haq also could not stay at the crease for long and missed scoring a century by seven runs. Imam Ul Haq scored 93 runs in 157 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. Senuran Muthusamy sent him to the pavilion. As soon as these two batsmen were out, Pakistan’s innings faltered.