After a decade, the first Test held in Pakistan ended in a draw. Rain turned out to be the main villain as only 167 over🌄s were bowled in a match. However, there were moments that the home crowd could cherish as both Abid Ali and Babar Azam scored centuries.
Name on the 💯 board! 🖋
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Ali was playing his first Test match, and after scoring the hundred, he ventured into record books𝓀 as he became the only male cricketer in cricket history to score a ton on both his ODI and Test debut. Former England’s women player Enid Bakewell was the first cricketer to claim such record. She played for a period between 1968 and 1979.
💯 on ODI debut ✅
💯 on Test debut ✅Well done 👏👏👏
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Before this, Ali scored a centur💦y on his ODI debut against Australia in Dubai. Babar Azam also reached three figures with a punch through the covers. This was Azam’s third ton after his knocks of 104 and 97 in Australia.
100 for 👏👏👏
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Both Ali and Azam remained unbeaten on 109 and 102, respectively, as hosts reached 252/2 when the stumps were drawn. Earlier, Sri Lanka declared o♛n 308/6. Dhananjaya de Silva completed his 6th Test century, and he also remained unbeaten on 102.
Dhananjaya de Silva register his 6th Test hundred. SL 307/6ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ꧋ᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ (96.2 ov)
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC)
The teams will ♓hope for better luck with the weather when they play the second and final Test in Karachi, starting on Thursday (December🍸 19).
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Dhananjaya de Silva's solid century when Sri Lanka in trouble, Abid Ali's world record, Babar Azam world class and Sri Lanka become the first visiting team to play all 3 International formats in Pakistan since 2009. Match drawn but Cricket won!
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket)
Abid Ali’s success story serves as evidence to all those first class cricketers, whoꦕ are toiling for years to get a look in, that if you work hard and not look for short cuts there could be a🐎 💯 waiting for you too on test debut! Love the guy for his patience and resilience.👏👏
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja)
Congratulations for the one of a kind world record.
Only player in t𒐪he history of the game to have scored a century on ODI debut as well as Test Cricket debut. Proud moment for the country.— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
So many things to be happy about today! On one hand it’s , a world recﷺord and centuries. On the other hand it’s the wonderful reception at our home ground in Pindi. Congratulations everyone!
— Wahab Riaz (@WahabViki)
Big thanks to Rawalpindi for coming in numbers to support our first test at home.. you guys were awesome…. love you all…
— Azhar Ali (@AzharAli_)
Fantastic acᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhievement Abid Ali 👏👏👏𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!! Hundred on debut in Tests as well as ODI’🌱s .. never done before
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69)
