Galle Test: Abdullah Shafiq's records, included in Bradman and Gavaskar's list.
Abdullah Shafiq, who played a key role in Pakistan's victory against Sri Lanka in the Galle Test, created records, along with which his name also entered the list of great cricketers in the world.
Longest batting record
In his innings, Abdullah Shafiq became the longest batsman for the winning team in the fourth innings of the Test.
In successful pursuit of the target, he scored an unbeaten 160 runs but for that he was present at the crease for 524 minutes.
The record for longest batting in the fourth innings by a player of the winning team was held by Sri Lankan legend Aronda De Silva, who scored an unbeaten 143 against Zimbabwe in 1998. Conquered with victory.
It should be noted that this is the third longest batting in the fourth innings of any Test match after the availability of data.
Record for most balls played
Abdullah Shafiq claimed another honor during his marathon innings when he faced 408 balls for a victorious innings.
Abdullah is the fifth player in world cricket to have bowled 400 or more balls in the fourth innings since statistics are available.
Also, he has the second number in the list of most bowlers in pursuit of a successful target. England's Herbert Sutcliffe scored 135 against Australia in 1928 and faced 462 balls.
Record in Asia
Similarly, Abdullah Shafiq's 160 is the third highest score in Asia in pursuit of a successful target. West Indies' Kyle Myers (210) holds the record for most runs, while Pakistan's Younis Khan (171) is third in the list.
Pakistan's record
Abdullah Shafiq's 160 in the fourth innings is the third highest score in Test cricket for Pakistan.
Babar Azam holds the record for the highest score in the fourth innings, he recently scored 196 against Australia to save the national team from defeat.
The second highest score is 171 by Younis Khan against Sri Lanka at Pali Kele.
Opener's record
Similarly, Abdullah's innings was the third-highest by any opener in chasing a successful target in Tests.
The record for the highest score is held by Gordon Greenage, who scored 214 against England in 1984, while Australia's Arthur Morris scored 182 against England in 1948.
Listed by Bradman and Gavaskar
Similarly, Abdullah Shafiq is the fourth highest run scorer in the first 6 matches in Test cricket.
He has scored a total of 720 runs in these matches, but the record of scoring the most runs is held by Sunil Gavaskar who scored 912 runs.
Australia's Don Bradman scored 862 runs while West Indies' George Headley scored 730 runs.