Pakistan’s Babar Azam makes another historic record as a debutant test captain
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Babar Azam has become the 9th Pakistani to win his first Test match as captain. Babar was initially appointed as captain prior to Pakistan’s tour of 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 match against South Africa at National Stadium Karachi. ------------------------------
Salman Butt was the last Pakistan Test captain to win his first Test match on debut. Pakistan defeated Australia in 2010 to level the series 1-1 after the former captain, Shahid Afridi, announced his retirement midway through the series.
Fast bowler, Fazal Mahmood, was the first Pakistan Test captain to win his debut captaincy Test match. Under his captaincy, Pakistan defeated West Indies in 1959. ------------------------------
Here’s a list of all Pakistani players to win their debut matches as captain: *Captain* *Opponent* *Year* Fazal Mahmood West Indies 1959 Mushtaq Mohammad New Zealand 1976 Javed Miandad Australia 1980 Waqar Younis Zimbabwe 1993 Saleem Malik New Zealand 1994 Ramiz Raja Sri Lanka 1995 Mohammad Yousuf South Africa 2003 Salman Butt Australia 2010 Babar Azam South Africa 2021
Babar’s own performance in this Test match wasn’t noteworthy as he fell to Keshav Maharaj in both innings, scoring 7 and 30.