Pakistan’s young opening batter, Abdullah Shafique,s has witnessed aphenomenal start to his international Test career. Abdullah’s magnificentrun of form has seen him surpass legendary batter, Javed Miandad, inscoring the most runs for Pakistan after the first 11 Test innings of theircareers.
Miandad, who is widely regarded as Pakistan’s finest batter, held therecord as he had scored 645 runs in the first 11 innings of his Test career.
Abdullah, who is currently batting in the second innings of the first Testmatch between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, has already piled on 672 runs in hisshort career. Abdullah is currently batting on 112* runs as Pakistan lookto chase down a mammoth target of 342 runs in the first Test match.
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The 22-year-old has scored 672 runs at an average of 74.11 in 6 Testmatches. This was Abdullah’s second Test century, having already struck 4half-centuries early on in his career. His first Test century came againstAustralia in the recently held Test series between the two nations.
