Almost a week after ending his runs drought by scoring a half-century while playing against South Africa on DAY 3 of the first Test at Centurion, Pakistan’s former skipper Babar Azam on Sunday scored another half-century in the second Test in 73 balls.
Azam’s half-century arrived as Pakistan is chasing a mammoth target of 616 runs against South Africa at Cape Town’s Newlands. Until the last report was filed, Babar has scored 62 runs in 95 deliveries and was on crease.
Not only this, Azam (62*) stitched a partnership of over 150 runs with skipper Shan Masood, who was playing at 80 runs off 127 deliveries.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s first innings was over in just 194 runs, and in the follow-on, they have scored 156/0 in 36 overs. Pakistan is still trailing by 265 runs.
Earlier, they lost the Centurion Test against South Africa by 2 wickets, that helped the Proteas to become the first team to qualify for the World Test Championships 2025 finals.
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