Pakistan vs New Zealand: Former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has rocked in his 50th Test match which is also is comeback match. Sarfaraz scored 86 runs off 153 balls vs New Zealand in the first innings of the boxing day Test.
Ahmed, coming in for Mohammad Rizwan to get a Test appearance after almost four years, shared a mammoth 196-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Babar lasting 56.3 to put Pakistan in a position of strength and demoralise New Zealand.
Sarfaraz said that his heart was beating through the roof when he came out to bat.
“When I played my first three balls, if you would have measured my heartbeat, the meter would have broken. My heart was beating too fast. It was not like I was debuting, I was making a comeback and the position was crunch,” Ahmed was quoted as saying.
“Babar gave me a lot of confidence and as a senior player the way he talked me through the pressure gave me a lot of confidence,” Ahmed said.
“I finally got an opportunity and I hope my today’s knock will help the team,” Sarfaraz said. “Of course it was disappointing not to get a century in my hometown, but the partnership with Babar was more important to me.”
Ajaz Patel ended the wicketkeeper’s innings with his famous spinning delivery in the final session of the play.
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