England's Joe Root, right, chats with Ben Stokes, second right, Shoaib Bashir, center, and Ollie Pope as they walk off the field on the end of play of the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Debutant Kamran Ghulam scored a fighting ton on a tricky Multan wicket and helped Pakistan score 259/5 at Stumps on Day 1 of the second Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium against England on Tuesday, October 15. The 29-year-old answered the No.4 critics as well as proved his selection right, scoring 118, and became the 13th Pakistan batter to score a century on Test debut. Saim Ayub also played a pivotal role, scoring 78, while Mohammad Rizwan stayed unbeaten on 37 to end the day. For England, Jack Leach picked up two wickets, while Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse, and Shoaib Bashir bagged one each.
England's Joe Root, right, chats with Ben Stokes, second right, Shoaib Bashir, center, and Ollie Pope as they walk off the field on the end of play of the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan bats during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Kamran Ghulam celebrates after scoring century during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
England's Brydon Carse, center, celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Saud Shakeel during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Kamran Ghulam celebrates after scoring fifty during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
England's Jack Leach, right, celebrates with teammate after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
England's Ben Stokes adjusts fielding during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Saim Ayub, second left, plays a shot as England's Jamie Smith, right, and Ollie Pope watch during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Kamran Ghulam, left, and Saim Ayub run between the wickets during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Kamran Ghulam, right, follows the ball after playing a shot as England's Jamie Smith watches during the first day of the second test cricket match between Pakistan and England, in Multan, Pakistan.