Pakistan batted first in the third Test match of the series and were on the backfoot when both the openers went back to the pavilion for ducks. Captain Shan Masood and Babar Azam took the innings forward. Australian captain Pat Cummins dismissed Azam for the third time in the series to break the partnership. Mohammed Rizwan played an aggressive inning of 88 runs with 10 fours and two sixes. Pat Cummins took another fifer in the first inning. Aamer Jamal, coming at no. 9 played a brilliant knock of 82 runs including 9 fours and four sixes to post a respectable total of 131 runs on the board. Australia played one over before stumps and made 6 runs in Sajid Khan's over