ENG vs PAK Multan Test Match: The England team is on a tour of Pakistan, where a three-Test series is being played between the two. Its first match is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Under the captaincy of Shan Masood, the Pakistan cricket team created history and made a great record. In fact, in this match, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat and scored a huge score of 556 runs in the first innings. With this, the Pak team created history.

Pakistan created history

In fact, Pakistan scored 556 runs and registered its highest score at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Yes, this is the highest total made by Pakistan in any innings in a Test match at the Multan ground. Earlier, Pakistan's best score on this ground was 546 runs, which was made in 2001. At that time, the team was led by the legendary Waqar Younis, and the match was played against Bangladesh.

Top 5 highest scores of Pakistan in Multan

556 runs - Pakistan vs England (2024)
546/3 runs - Pakistan vs Bangladesh (2001)
461/7 runs - Pakistan vs West Indies (2006)
407 runs - Pakistan vs India (2004)
357 runs - Pakistan vs West Indies (2006)

India has the biggest total

India has a record of making the highest score in Multan Cricket Stadium. India had put up a huge score of 675/5 runs against Pakistan in a test match played in 2004. In this match, former Indian explosive batsman Virender Sehwag had scored 309 runs while playing a historic innings. At the same time, an unbeaten innings of 194 runs was seen from the bat of the great Sachin Tendulkar. India had scored this pile of runs in the first innings. India had registered a big win by an innings and 52 runs in this match.

Salman Agha scored a century on the second day.

On the second day, Salman Agha (104 not out) scored a century with brilliant batting and became the third batsman of Pakistan to score a century in this match. Saud Shakeel scored 82 for the team, while night watchman Naseem scored 33 and Shaheen Shah Afridi made a useful contribution of 26 runs. Abdullah Shafiq (102) and captain Shan Masood (151) had scored centuries by batting aggressively on the first day. In reply to Pakistan's 556 runs, England made a steady start by scoring 96 runs for one wicket. At the end of the day's play, Jack Crowley was present at the crease with 64 runs with the help of 11 fours, while Joe Root was present at the crease with 32 runs. Captain Ollie Pope was out without opening the account.