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As soon as Babar-Shaheen was out, Pakistan defeated England, this feat was achieved after 24 years

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Pakistan had made several changes for the second Test in Multan. Captain Shan Masood had dropped three important players of the team, Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Naseem Shah. Now as soon as they are out, the Pakistan team has worsened the condition of England. Pakistan had scored 366 runs in the first innings. After this, it bowled out the England team for just 291 runs. With this, Pakistan has taken a lead of 75 runs. Two new spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali, who were included in the team, played an important role in this feat. Together, both of them took all the wickets of England. While Sajid took 7 wickets, Noman took 3 wickets.

The Pakistan team was under pressure after consecutive defeats. But in the second Test, they bounced back and bowled out England for 291 runs. During this, 31-year-old off-spinner Sajid Khan bowled brilliantly. He single-handedly took 7 wickets of England for 111 runs in Multan. With this, he has become the best-performing bowler in Multan. Earlier this record was in the name of Abrar Ahmed. He took 7 wickets for 114 runs in 2022. After 24 years, a Pakistani off-spinner has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in a home Test series.

The Pakistan team has not been able to win any Test match at home since February 2021. Former Pakistani cricketers and fans were filled with anger after losing the series against Bangladesh. After this, the England team defeated them in the first match. This put a lot of pressure on the Pakistan team and captain Shan Masood. After this, he decided to use the pitch of the match in the second Test and go with only 1 pacer and 3 spinners. Many experts were questioning his decision. But both the spinners have answered everyone by taking 10 wickets.

On the Multan pitch, 38-year-old left-arm spinner Noman Ali gave full support to Sajid Khan. He also took 3 wickets for 101 runs in 28 overs. That is, only the spinners together defeated the entire England team in Multan. This has happened only for the 10th time in the history of Pakistan's Test cricket. When all the wickets have been taken by spinners.

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