Mohammad Rizwan has left Shahid Afridi behind in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Shahid Afridi has scored 1716 runs in Test cricket and Mohammad Rizwan has scored 1717 runs.
In the ongoing test match against Bangladesh, as soon as he scored his 100th run today, he left Afridi behind. Mohammad Rizwan has 1717 runs to his name. Rizwan achieved this feat in the 49th innings of his 31st Test match.
Mohammad Rizwan scored the 3rd century of his Test career against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. He played a brilliant innings for his team and remained not out at 171 runs in 239 balls and Pakistan declared their team with 448-6 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan’s 171 runs include 11 fours and 3 sixes with a strike rate of 71.55. If Pakistan team had not declared for another 5 overs, maybe Mohammad Rizwan could have scored 200 runs.
Mohammad Rizwan and his partner Saud Shakeel together made a partnership of 240 runs which included 99 runs from Saud Shakeel and 128 runs from Mohammad Rizwan. Shakeel gave full support to Mohammad Rizwan and scored the second Test century of his career. Saud Shakeel scored 141 runs which included 9 fours in 261 balls and his strike rate was 54.02.
Pakistan where 114-4 (31.1 runs) when Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel came to bat then both of them made a brilliant 240 run partnership and helped Pakistan post a good total. Pakistan reached 354-5 for 5 wickets and then Pakistan team was declared at 448-6.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first and Pakistan had to bat first. In the beginning, Pakistan lost its big 3 wickets for just 16 runs. After that, it seemed difficult to score 250 runs and then Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel both batted brilliantly and helped their team to score a good total.