-Vinay Kumar
In the third and final Test match of the 3-match Test series against Pakistan, England Test team’s young spinner Rehan Ahmed made a world record in the debut Test match of his international Test cricket career at the Karachi ground and achieved a milestone. became.
The history of Test cricket tells that 18-year-old Rehan Ahmed has become the youngest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take a 5 wicket haul in his debut match (5 wickets haul Rehan Ahmed England vs Pakistan 3rd Test Match, Karachi, 2022) . He broke the record of Australia’s Pat Cummins Australia.
Significantly, in the first Test match of his career, Pat Cummins took 6 wickets for 79 runs in an innings against South Africa in the year 2011. At that time Cummins was 18 years 193 days. Whereas, England spinner Rehan Ahmed did this feat at the age of 18 years and 126 days. He performed brilliantly, taking 5 wickets for 48 runs in Pakistan’s second innings.
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The history of Test cricket confirms that before Australia’s legendary player Pat Cummins, against Australia in the year 1998 (Shahid Afridi debut Test Match Australia vs Pakistan 1998), Pakistan at the age of 18 years and 235 days in the field of Karachi itself. Former lethal bowler Shahid Afridi took 5 wickets in an innings for 52 runs.
However, in this latest series (Pakistan vs England Test Series Karachi Test Match 2022), the sharp bowling of England’s young spinner Rehan Ahmed bundled Pakistan out for just 216 runs in the second innings. Now England have scored 112 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in their second innings till the end of the third day’s play and they need only 55 runs to win, for which they still have 8 wickets and 2 days of play in hand.