STATS CORNER – Younus Khan became the fourth Pakistan and 54th batsman overall to score 6000 or more runs in Tests.
The right-hand top order batsman from Mardan achieved his feat during his unbeaten 96-run knock on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdury Stadium. Chittagong on Saturday (December 10).
The former captain who made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi in February 2000, took 11 years and 288 days to reach this landmark.
- Javed Miandad (8832 runs in 124 Tests), Inzamam-ul-Haq (8830 runs in 120 Tests) and Mohammed Yousuf (7530 in 90 Tests) were the other Pakistanis to score 6000 runs in Tests before Younis Khan.
- The 164-run stand between Mohammed Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar was the best opening stand for Pakistan against Bangladesh in Bangladesh and second best overall. The 100-run partnership between Shabad Kabir and Taufeeq Umar at Dhaka in 2001-02 was the previous best opening stand in Bangladesh for Pakistan. Taufeeq Umar and Saeed Anwar’s 168-run stand at Multan in 2001-02 is the best opening stand for Pakistan against Bangladesh.
- Mohammed Hafeez scored his highest score in Tests by making 143 off 237 balls with 14 fours. His previous best was 119 off 177 balls with 19 fours and one six against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2011-12. It was Mohammed Hafeez’s fourth century in 42 innings of 22 Test matches.
- The undefeated 104-run fifth wicket stand between Younus Khan and Asad Shafiq is the best stand for this wicket for Pakistan against Bangladesh. Mohammed Yousuf and Rashid Latif’s 64-run stand at Peshawar in 2003-04 was the previous best while 59-run stand between Abdur Razzaq and Mohammed Yousuf at Dhaka in 2001-02 was the previous best in Bangladesh.
