ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Pakistan cricket team for its “tremendous fightback” against Australia in second Test that ended in draw a day earlier at National Stadium Karachi.
The premier also felicitated Pakistan skipper Babar Azma for displaying “a superb captain’s inning & world class batting” in the match. He also congratulated
skipper Babar Azam for playing a superb inning that the r”est of the team too in the way they fought back, especially Rizwan & Shafique”.
The cricketer-turned-politician lamented that he could not watch the match as he is busy in a political fight that commenced after the Opposition filed a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly.
“Unfortunately I could not watch this match as I am fighting on another front against match fixing where huge amounts of money are being used to lure my players!”
Unfortunately I could not watch this match as I am fighting on another front against match fixing where huge amounts of money are being used to lure my players!
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 17, 2022
Pakistani skipper Babar Azam displayed top skills as he scored 196 as Men in Green pull off an unbelievable draw in the second Test against Australia.
Chasing a record 506 for an improbable win, Pakistan bat out the final day and Babar led by example as they finished on 443-7, the sixth-highest fourth innings total of all time.
Pakistani skipper Babar Azam remained a wall for the hosts as he faced 425 balls, forging an instrumental 228-run stand with Abdullah Shafique, who scored 96, while hitter Rizwan scored a crucial ton chasing a mammoth total on last day of the second game.
PAKvAUS: Babar, Rizwan’s tons help Pakistan draw second Test against Australia
