SA vs PAK: Amazing defeat in WTC history, poor record was registered in Pakistan's name

SA vs PAK: South Africa scored 615 runs in the first innings of the second Test against Pakistan. As soon as Africa crossed the 600 mark, a shameful record was registered in Pakistan's name. In fact, in the history of WTC so far, a score of 600 plus has been made in the first innings a total of 9 times. A score of 600 plus was made 5 times in the first innings against the Pakistan team.

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 11:50 PM (IST)
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SA vs PAK: Amazing defeat in WTC history, poor record was registered in Pakistan's name
SA vs PAK: Amazing defeat in WTC history, poor record was registered in Pakistan's name

In the last match of the two-Test series between South Africa and Pakistan, the host team scored a huge score of 615 runs. With this, a poor record was registered in Pakistan's name. A shameful record was registered in the history of the World Test Championship. In the second Test match, the bowlers of the Pakistani team performed very poorly.

Three batsmen scored centuries in the African team's innings, in which an excellent innings of 259 runs was seen from the bat of opening batsman Ryan Rickelton. As soon as South Africa scored 600, a bad record was added to the name of the Pakistan team. In Test cricket, since the year 2021, three batsmen have scored centuries in an innings 11 times, out of which three times it has happened against the Pakistani team, which is the most compared to any other team.

Not only this, in the history of the World Test Championship, so far a team score of 600 plus has been seen in an innings only 9 times, out of which 5 times it has happened against Pakistan. This happened once each against South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and New Zealand. In the last four years, Pakistan's bowlers have shown a very poor performance in Tests.

Describing the match, South Africa batted first and scored 615 runs in the first innings. Ryan Rickelton scored 259 runs and captain Temba Bavuma scored a century. Apart from these, the Africa team's wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne also managed to score a century. Marco Jansen played a useful knock of 62 runs and Keshav Maharaj scored 40 runs. For Pakistan, Salman Agha and Abbas took three wickets each.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer