Pakistan’s First Test Against Bangladesh: Here Is Why Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah And Shaheen Afridi Are The Pakistani Boys To Look Out For

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As Pakistan’s first Test against Bangladesh begins today; here is a look at why Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah And Shaheen Shah Afridi are the Pakistani boys to look out for.

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Abid Ali

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Abid Ali has been in awesome form of late. He has scored a century in the only two Test matches that he has played so far and hence, the opening batsman is only one century away from equaling Azhar-ud-Din’s record of scoring three consecutive centuries in his first three Test matches.

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Babar Azam

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The last few months have seen Babar Azam come of age in Test matches. Pakistan’s premier batman across formats then would really want to make the most of the opportunity to play a few big knocks against a weak looking Bangladeshi bowling attack.

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Shaheen Afridi

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Shaheen Shah Afridi has pretty much taken over the leader’s role in Pakistan’s bowling attack from senior cricketers like Mohd. Amir, Mohd. Abbas and Yasir Shah. The teenager then would really want to exploit conditions in Rawalpindi to his advantage in order to further strengthen his position and status in Pakistan’s bowling line-up.

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Naseem Shah

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Naseem Shah just collected his first five-for in Test cricket against Sri Lanka. The 16 year old is pretty quick and hence, should trouble the Bangladeshi batsmen particularly, if there is assistance in the Rawalpindi pitch for the pacers during Pakistan’s first Test against Bangladesh.