The Pakistan cricket team showed a very good game on the first day of the first test against New Zealand. After dropping wickets early on, the Pakistani team made a great comeback and scored 317/5 late in the day’s play. Team captain Babar Azam is frozen in the crease after scoring 161 runs. Everyone praises this game of the team and interim head coach Shahid Afridi also praised his team.
Shahid Afridi wrote on Twitter: “Very pleased with Pakistan’s performance today. Team came back very well after losing wickets early on. Special congratulations to Babar for playing another brilliant tackle. Sarfaraz Selection was justified, played brilliant tackle under Pressure.
Pakistan had lost two wickets for 19 runs and three wickets for 48 runs. After this the innings were flat for a while, but then the team’s fourth wicket was also dropped by 110 runs. After this, Babar along with Sarfaraz Ahmed who was playing test matches after four years led their team to a strong position. Both made a strong partnership of 196 runs for the fifth wicket and put the New Zealand side in trouble. Sarfaraz was sacked after playing a brilliant 86-run innings and fell 14 runs shy of his century.
Babar has so far caught one winger and scored 161 runs. He has scored the ninth century of his Test career and is moving towards a wonderful double century. For the Kiwi team, left-arm spinner Ejaz Patel and all-rounder Michael Bracewell have each taken two wickets.
Pleased with Pakistan’s performance today, great comeback after early wicket loss. Special praise to Babar for other outstanding entries. Sarfaraz agreed with his selection, excellent performance under pressure.
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) December 26, 2022
PAK vs NZ 1st Test: Babar Azam towards double century, Sarfaraz also played strong tackling, first day went like this