Babar Azam congratulates Kamran Ghulam for scoring century on Test debut

Pakistan’s ace batter Babar Azam congratulated Kamran Ghulam on scoring a well-crafted century on Test debut.

Kamran Ghulam was included in Pakistan’s Playing XI for the second Test in place of star batter Babar Azam and he made an immediate impact with a century on his debut.

He came into bat with Pakistan struggling at 19-2 inside ten overs and helped the team recover with a 149-run stand with Saim Ayub for the third wicket.

His defiant knock under pressure in his debut Test earned him massive praise from star batter Babar Azam.

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The star batter posted a picture of Kamran, celebrating his maiden Test century and the caption on the picture read, “Well played, Kamran!”

With his maiden Test century, Kamran Ghulam became the 13th player from Pakistan to cross the three-figure on debut.

The last Pakistani player to achieve this feat was Abid Ali, who scored a century against Sri Lanka in December 2019.

Pakistan players to score Test century on debut

1. Khalid Ibadulla vs Australia — 1964
2. Javed Miandad vs New Zealand — 1976
3. Saleem Malik vs Sri Lanka — 1982
4. Mohammad Wasim vs New Zealand — 1996
5. Ali Naqvi vs South Africa — 1997
6. Azhar Mahmood vs South Africa — 1997
7. Younis Khan vs Sri Lanka — 2000
8. Taufeeq Umar vs Bangladesh — 2001
9. Yasir Hameed vs Bangladesh — 2003
10. Fawad Alam vs Sri Lanka — 2009
11. Umar Akmal vs New Zealand — 2009
12. Abid Ali vs Sri Lanka — 2019
13. Kamran Ghulam vs England — 2024It’s worth noting that Kamran is only the second Pakistani player to score a hundred on Test debut while batting at number four. Prior to him, Saleem Malik achieved this feat in 1982.

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