After scoring a fifty in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Saud Shakeel became the first-ever batter in history to score a half-century in each of the first seven Tests of their career. Previously, India\u2019s Sunil Gavaskar, Pakistan\u2019s Saeed Ahmed, West Indies\u2019 Basil Butcher and New Zealand\u2019s Bert Sutcliffe scored half-centuries in each of the first six Tests of their career. First batter in Test history to make a 5\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e3+ score in each of his first 7\ufe0f\u20e3 matches ?Mr Consistent @saudshak ?#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com\/BKDPYOMIO6 \u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) July 26, 2023 Shakeel also bagged the award for Player of the Match in the first Test, which Pakistan won by four wickets in Galle last week, after he made a career-best 208 not out in the first innings. The left-hander is also only the second Pakistan batter to hit a double ton in his first Test match away from home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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