On the first day of the Multan Test, Pakistan's batsmen took great notice of the English bowlers. For Pakistan, first captain Shan Masood scored a century and after that opener Abdullah Shafiq also scored a century. Both the batsmen scored the fifth century of their career. The special thing about Abdullah Shafiq's century was that he completed the century by hitting a six. He also completed his half-century by hitting a six.

This innings is a boon for Shafiq

This century is no less than a boon for Shafiq. That's because Shafiq had been failing for a long time. In the last 10 innings, he could not reach double figures 7 times. And in the last 6 innings, his account was not even opened 3 times. But in Multan, Shafiq had different intentions and he scored a century in the Test for the fifth time.

6⃣ hit to reach 1⃣0⃣0⃣

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Shafiq joins the list of greats

Abdullah Shafiq joined the list of greats after scoring a century in the Multan Test. Actually, Shafiq has scored 5 test centuries even before the age of 25. He has equaled giants like Younis Khan and Hanif Mohammad. Before turning 25, Javed Miandad had scored a maximum of 7 centuries. Salim Malik had scored 6 test centuries.