Delhi: The first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan, where Pakistan's batsmen performed brilliantly on the first day. The team ended the day's play with 328 runs for 4 wickets. Captain Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq scored brilliant centuries. Shafiq scored 102 runs in 184 balls with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes, while Shan Masood scored 151 runs in 177 balls, which included 13 fours and 2 sixes.

After the end of the first day's play, Shan Masood, while talking to the media about Abdullah Shafiq, compared him with the great batsman Virat Kohli. He said, “You talk about figures. One day I was seeing that Abdullah Shafiq's record after 19 Tests is better than Virat Kohli.”

shafiq vs kohli test record

In fact, Shafiq had faced criticism for getting out for 'duck' thrice in the recent three matches. However, Masood, while comparing his figures with Kohli, said that Shafiq has performed better. According to the record, Shafiq has scored 1372 runs at an average of 40.35 after 19 Tests, which includes 4 centuries and 5 half-centuries. At the same time, after 19 Tests, Kohli had scored 1178 runs in 32 innings at an average of 40.62, which included 4 centuries and 6 half-centuries.

However, Kohli scored these runs in difficult conditions, especially on pitches like Australia and England, where he faced bowlers like Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson.