Hanif mohammad: The Pakistan Cricket Board is currently busy hosting the Champions Trophy 2025. Even though Pakistan's team has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 after losing the first two matches, the second semi -final of this tournament will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. But Pakistan's veteran Hanif Mohammad surprised the cricket world by playing a marathon innings of 499 runs in domestic cricket. This Pakistani batsman did this amazing feat against Pakistan's domestic cricket team Bahawalpur, for which he batted for 635 minutes on the field.

During this, 64 fours were hit with his bat.

Batsman hit 499 runs

Hanif Mohammad is included in Pakistan's greatest batsmen or say that whenever the name of the great batsmen of Pakistan is taken, Hanif Mohammed's name will definitely be included. The innings of 499 runs in his first class played the second biggest innings in the first class cricket history even today.

Hanif Mohammad set this record against Pakistan's home team Bahawalpur on 8-12 January 1959. In this match, Hanif Mohammad was representing the Karachi team and in the first innings he batted brilliantly and hit 499 runs with the help of 64 fours.

Run out at 499

In a four -day domestic first -class match, Karachi won the toss and invited Bahawalpur to bat first, but his first innings was reduced to 185 runs. After this, Hanif Mohammad and Alimuddin came to start the innings from Karachi, but the wickets continued to fall from one end, but Hanif Mohammed batted brilliantly at the other end.

This great batsman from Pakistan touched the figure of 100, 200, 300 and 400 and he had a golden opportunity to score 500 runs in the first class, but he was run out for 499 runs in a round of stealing a run and his best innings came to an end here. On the basis of Hanif's brilliant innings, Karachi declared the innings losing 772 runs in the first innings, in response to which Bahawalpur could score only 108 runs in the second innings and lost the match and lost 479 runs.

Hanif's career has been like this

Pakistan's greatest batsman Hanif Mohammad was born on 21 December 1934 in Junagadh (Gujarat), India, but his entire family moved to Pakistan after the Indo-Pak partition in 1947. He then scored 3915 runs in 97 innings of 55 Tests for Pakistan with a great average of 43.98, including 12 centuries and 15 half -centuries. At the same time, Hanif Mohammad has scored 17059 runs in 370 innings of 238 first class matches with an amazing average of 52.32, with 55 centuries and 66 half -centuries.

You will be surprised to know that Hanif Mohammed's family has played some members in the first 100 Test Pakistani team for Pakistan.