Babar Azam has become the 9th Pakistani to win his first Test match ascaptain. Babar was initially appointed as captain prior to Pakistan’s tourof New Zealand but he was ruled out of the tour due to a thumb injury.Babar took the charge for the first time in Pakistan’s first Test matchagainst South Africa at National Stadium Karachi.——————————

Salman Butt was the last Pakistan Test captain to win his first Test matchon debut. Pakistan defeated Australia in 2010 to level the series 1-1 afterthe former captain, Shahid Afridi, announced his retirement midway throughthe series.

Fast bowler, Fazal Mahmood, was the first Pakistan Test captain to win hisdebut captaincy Test match. Under his captaincy, Pakistan defeated WestIndies in 1959.——————————

Here’s a list of all Pakistani players to win their debut matches ascaptain:*Captain* *Opponent* *Year*Fazal Mahmood West Indies 1959Mushtaq Mohammad New Zealand 1976Javed Miandad Australia 1980Waqar Younis Zimbabwe 1993Saleem Malik New Zealand 1994Ramiz Raja Sri Lanka 1995Mohammad Yousuf South Africa 2003Salman Butt Australia 2010Babar Azam South Africa 2021

Babar’s own performance in this Test match wasn’t noteworthy as he fell toKeshav Maharaj in both innings, scoring 7 and 30.