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'Sach kaha tha Sarfaraz dhoka ni dega' - Fans ecstatic as veteran Pakistan batter Sarfaraz Ahmed makes a sensational comeback in Test cricket

The fans are also overwhelmed with this amazing comeback knock from the veteran batter Sarfaraz Ahmed and that too at a time when his team...

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'Sach kaha tha Sarfaraz dhoka ni dega' - Fans ecstatic as veteran Pakistan batter Sarfaraz Ahmed makes a sensational comeback in Test cricket

The first of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and New Zealand has been started at the National Stadium in Karachi on Monday, 26th of December. Pak skipper Babar Azam won the flip of the coin and decided to bat first against the Kiwis. Although the things didn’t go down in the favour of the hosts as they lost the top three early on with a score of 48 runs.

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The 62-run stand for the fourth wicket between Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel steadied the Pakistan innings. Pakistan was on the score of 110 runs when Shakeel fell prey to senior New Zealand pacer Tim Southee. Then came the former Pak skipper and veteran wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed on the number five to accompany skipper Babar Azam in the middle.

Notably, the 35-year-old has made his Test comeback after a long wait of three years since he played his last red-ball match against South Africa at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in the year 2019.

Making a stunning Test comeback, the veteran Karachi batter played a crucial knock of 86 runs with nine boundaries to his name before getting out off Ajaz Patel.

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The fans are also overwhelmed with this amazing comeback knock from the veteran batter and that too at a time when his team required the most.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Talking about the update of the Karachi Test, the hosts managed to post a total of 317 runs for the loss of five wickets at the time of stumps on day 1. Skipper Babar Azam and number seven batter Agha Salman were there in the middle on the unbeaten individual scores of 161 and 3 runs respectively.

Ajaz Patel and Michael Bracewell scalped two wickets each for the visitors on the first day of the opening fixture of the red-ball series against Babar’s men. Meanwhile, the senior pacer Tim Southee also claimed a wicket to his name when he happened to break the partnership between opponent skipper Babar Azam and number four batter Saud Shakeel.

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