Abdullah Shafique vs Sri Lanka in First Test

Abdullah Shafique is one of the emerging stars who are rising through the ranks to become one of the fine batsmen. The encounter of Abdullah Shafique vs Sri Lanka in first test demonstrated great textbook-style performance. Pakistan was given the target of 342 runs which is never chased in the history of Test cricket. Galle is one of the toughest conditions to bat against the Sri Lankan spinners. The spin quartet of Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Mahesh Theekshana, and Dhananjaya de Silva was all set to deteriorate the batting line-up of the Pakistan team. There were lots of eyes on the batting legend Babar Azam but Abdullah Shafique came as a surprise package against Sri Lanka.