Saud Shakeel Becomes Joint-Fastest Pakistan Batter to Complete 1000 Test Runs

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Saud Shakeel equaled the record for the fastest Pakistan batter to 1000 Test runs on Wednesday (August 21). He reached the milestone in his 20th Test innings, matching Saeed Ahmed’s 1959 achievement against Australia. Shakeel accomplished this feat during the first day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. 

Shakeel was 33 runs away from the milestone and reached it comfortably. The record for the fastest to 1000 Test runs is jointly held by England’s Herbert Sutcliffe and West Indies’ Everton Weekes, both achieving it in 12 innings. Vinod Kambli from India holds the record for the fastest Asian to reach 1000 runs, doing so in 14 innings. 

• Fastest to 1000 Test runs for Pakistan 
• Saud Shakeel – 20 innings
• Saeed Ahmed – 20 innings
• Sadiq Mohammad – 22 innings
• Javed Miandad – 23 innings
• Taufeeq Umar – 24 innings
• Abid Ali – 24 innings
• Abdullah Shafique – 24 innings

Saud Shakeel off to a great start to Test career

Shakeel, who had a great start to his Test career, is the first batter in Test history to score a half-century in each of his first seven matches, outdoing legends such as Sunil Gavaskar and Basil Butcher. His remarkable performance features a double century of 208 not out at Galle, the highest score ever by a Pakistani in Sri Lanka. 

Shakeel scored 141 runs off 261 balls, including nine boundaries. Despite a brief collapse of the top order, Shakeel and Saim Ayub fought hard. Mohammad Rizwan then delivered a remarkable unbeaten knock of 171 runs, leading Pakistan to declare their innings at 448.

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