Babar Azam scored a century for the first time since becoming the regular Test captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Babar Azam showed a strong game in the second match of the three-match Test series being played against Australia at the National Stadium in Karachi and scored a century in the fourth innings of the match. They are still unbeaten and day four of this match has come to an end.
It is up to Babar Azam to decide what will be the result of this match. If they stay for the whole day tomorrow, then Pakistan’s victory is possible. At present, Pakistan’s team has to score 314 more runs to win. Babar Azam has also admitted after scoring a century that the match is not over yet. At the same time, Indian team off-spinner R Ashwin has said that the last day will be exciting.
Babar Azam, speaking to broadcasters after the conclusion of the fourth day’s match, said, “This innings means a lot to me, because the team needed it. Luckily I shared a good partnership with Shafiq. The match is not over yet. So, we have to continue like this and the coming batsmen also have to do well. After the first innings, we practiced in the nets to give befitting reply to the reverse swing bowlers and understood that we have to play a little late.”
In the first innings, Pakistan’s team was bundled out for 148 runs. At the same time, Australia, batting first, scored 556 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and declared the innings. In the second innings, Australia declared the innings at 97/2. In this way Pakistan got the target of 501 runs to win. At the same time, praising Babar Azam’s century, Indian team off-spinner R Ashwin tweeted, “Great Babar Azam, tomorrow is going to be an exciting end.”