In Pakistan’s 4-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first test match of the series, a lot of records were broken. Saud Shakeel became the only batter to score a double century in tests after playing only six matches. He was the player of the match as well.
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The match was completely dominated by Pakistan away from home. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 312 runs. Pakistan, in return, scored 461 and managed to gather a strong lead in the first innings. Sri Lanka could not recover and set a target of 131 runs, which was easily chased.
There were other records broken as well, in which the left-arm pacer from Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, became the first bowler to complete 100 wickets in international test matches. He is now a part of an elite company of Pakistani pacers and is among the top-10 highest wicket-takers for Pakistan in test cricket.
Below is the list of the top 10 highest wicket-takers for Pakistan in international test match cricket.
|
S.No |
Player Name |
Wickets |
|
1 |
Wasim Akram |
414 |
|
2 |
Waqar Younis |
373 |
|
3 |
Imran Khan |
362 |
|
4 |
Shoaib Akhtar |
178 |
|
5 |
Sarfaraz Nawaz |
177 |
|
6 |
Umar Gul |
163 |
|
7 |
Fazal Mahmood |
139 |
|
8 |
Mohammad Amir |
119 |
|
9 |
Mohammad Asif |
106 |
|
10 |
Shaheen Afridi |
102* |
Wasim Akram is the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan in test matches. He has 414 wickets to his name and has played a lot of matches for his country. Next on the list is Waqar Younis, who was a fiery fast bowler at the time.
Shaheen Afridi is the only active Pakistan player on this list, and it is quite possible that he will break a lot of records and move upward in this list of highest wicket-takers. There are also young bowlers like Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah who have great capability and will be on this list very soon.
