Saud Shakeel Joins Rare Test Cricket Record

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Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel became part of an unusual record in Test cricket after narrowly missing centuries in both innings of the Rawalpindi Test against Sri Lanka.

Shakeel scored 93 in the first innings and 97 in the second, falling short of the three-figure mark on both occasions.

As a result, he became only the fifth batter in Test cricket history to be dismissed between 90 and 99 in both innings of the same match.

Rare Record in Test Cricket

According to the report, this was only the sixth occasion in nearly 150 years of Test cricket in which a batter was dismissed in both innings of a match before reaching a century.

Former West Indies great Gordon Greenidge had previously experienced the same feat twice.

Despite scoring a combined 190 runs across the two innings, Shakeel missed the opportunity to register centuries in both innings.

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