PAK Vs BAN: Saud Shakeel Equal's 65-Year-Old Pakistan Record

Pakistan Test cricket team's vice-captain Saud Shakeel has equaled a 65-year-old record as the Asian giants dominated proceedings on the second day of the 1st Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. (Day 3 Blog | More Cricket News)

Shakeel brought up his third Test ton, with a score of 141 in Pakistan's total of 448/6 before declaring with Mohammad Rizwan remaining unbeaten on 171. Bangladesh managed to reach 27/0 at stumps on day 2.

Shakeel went past 1000 runs in Test cricket, equaling Saeed Ahmed's feat from 1959 to become the joint-fastest PAK batter to reach the milestone, with both set of players achieving the feat in 11 Tests and 20 innings.

Fastest To 1000 Test Runs (Among Pakistan Batters):

Saud Shakeel: 20

Saeed Ahmed: 20

Sadiq Mohammad: 22

Javed Miandad: 23

Taufeeq Umar: 24

Abid Al: 24

Abdullah Shafique: 24

Moreover, the southpaw also achieved a Test batting average of 65.17, with only India's Yashasvi Jaiswal ahead of him with 68.53 with a minimum of 10 Test innings.

Pakistan currently sit sixth in the ICC World Test Championships (WTC) and will look to pick points if they manage to beat Bangladesh on home soil.

The top-two sides at the end of the current cycle will play in the WTC 2025 final at Lord's Cricket Ground.