Sarfaraz Ahmed grew to become a hero of Pakistan after the 35-year previous cricketer smashed a ton throughout the second Test in opposition to New Zealand on Friday. Sarfaraz’s knock helped the hosts finish the match with a draw after unhealthy mild abruptly stopped the sport in Karachi. This resulted within the two-match collection ending 0-0 with the groups sharing the trophy. As the collection turned out to be a memorable outing for Sarfaraz, who was additionally declared because the Player of the Series, it grew to become one other nightmare for skipper Babar Azam as he couldn’t dwell as much as the expectations of the followers.

Babar, who performed an enormous knock of 161 runs within the first innings of the primary Test, didn’t repeat his heroics and fetched low scores like 14, 24, and 27 in the remainder of the collection. Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria criticised Babar and said that the skipper doesn’t have a very good “cricketing sense”.

“Babar Azam failed as a captain and batsman in the series. With performances like this, you have to hand over the captaincy to Sarfaraz. Saud Shakeel should be the vice-captain. I think Babar Azam doesn’t have the cricketing sense. He had a good chance to score runs but he got out on the leg side while playing on the back foot, which he should have swept,” said Danish Kaneria on his YouTube channel.

Coming to the match, Pakistan’s final pair Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed survived 21 balls in fading mild Friday whereas Sarfaraz Ahmed hit a preventing century to deprive New Zealand of a victory, bringing the second Test to a sensational attract Karachi.

New Zealand have been in sight of a series-clinching victory after dismissing Sarfaraz for a career-best 118 with 39 balls remaining within the match. But as nightfall settled, Naseem scored 15 and Ahmed seven to information Pakistan to 304-9 in pursuit of a 319-run goal when umpires Alex Wharf and Aleem Dar declared the sunshine unfeasible to proceed with three overs remaining.

The two-match collection ended 0-0 after the primary Test — additionally in Karachi — led to a draw, depriving New Zealand of their first collection win in Pakistan for 53 years.

(With AFP Inputs)

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