RAWALPINDI (The Thursday Times) — Jumeraat ko Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium mein pehle Test ke chauthe din ki subah debut karne wale Saqib Khan ne saat wickets hasil keen aur Sri Lanka ki poori team 446 runs par out ho gayi. Yun use Pakistan ke 434-9 declared ke muqable mein pehli innings mein 12 runs ki bartari mili.
Sri Lanka ne 404-4 se khel dobara shuru kiya lekin aakhri chhe wickets 42 runs par ganwa deen. Saqib ne apne pehle Test mein 34 overs mein 130 runs de kar 7 wickets leen, Mohammad Abbas ne 68 runs ke awaz 2 aur Razaullah ne 140 runs de kar ek wicket hasil ki.
Subah ke session mein Pakistan ne doosri innings mein ek wicket par 24 runs bana kar 12 runs ki bartari hasil kar li thi, jab Asitha Fernando ne Tayyab Arif ko 11 runs par LBW kiya.
Debut par saat wickets
Saqib ne us record shirakat ko tora jis ne Sri Lanka ko match par haavi kar diya tha, aur 404 ke score par Dhananjaya de Silva ko 167 runs par out kiya. Donon ne paanchvin wicket ke liye 249 runs jore, jo Pakistan ke khilaf Sri Lanka ka record hai, aur teesre din donon ne centuries banai thin.
Is ke baad unhon ne captain Kusal Mendis ko 412 ke score par 119 runs par Ghazi Ghori ke haathon catch karaya aur nichle order ko bhi samet diya. Un ki saat mein se chhe wickets catch ki soorat mein aayin, chaar wickets ke peeche Ghori ne aur do Salman Agha ne pakre.
Saqib ne apni pehli do Test wickets, Dinesh Chandimal aur Lahiru Udara, doosre din hasil ki thin.
Aage kya hai
Ek din se zyada ka khel baqi hai aur pehli innings taqriban barabar rahi, is liye match ka daromadar is par hoga ke Pakistan kitni tezi se bartari banata hai aur kya us ke bowler aisi pitch par mazeed das wickets le sakte hain jis par do innings mein 880 runs ban chuke hain.
Doosra Test, jo smog ki wajah se Lahore se muntaqil kiya gaya, bhi 17 November se Rawalpindi mein hoga.
