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New Delhi. Today is a black day for Pakistan cricket. The team led by Shan Masood made such a shameful record in Multan which had never happened before in the history of test cricket. It hurts a lot when a team has to face the shame of losing the innings even after scoring 556 runs in the first innings. Harry Brook and Joe Root played such an innings against the host team that it got recorded in the record books. On the pitch of Multan where Pakistani bowlers kept yearning for wickets, England proved by bowling out Pakistan in both the innings that if you have the ability then there is a lot for the bowlers on this wicket too. There are 5 players guilty of this shameful defeat of Pakistan.

Star batsman Babar Azam's bat did not work in both the innings. Babar is the first among the culprits of Pakistan's big defeat. Babar scored 30 runs in the first innings and was dismissed after scoring 5 runs in the second innings. Babar Azam has not scored even a half-century in the last 18 innings. Babar, who has been going through poor form for a long time, was expected to make a comeback in the series against England but he failed in the first Test. As a result, the team had to face defeat. With this defeat, Pakistan's team reached the bottom of the WTC points table and was out of the race for the final.

Rizwan did not do any miracle in the middle order.
Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan has been a strong pillar of Pakistan's batting. But he could not open his account in the first innings of the Multan Test and was out after scoring 10 runs in the second innings. The team had high hopes for Rizwan in the middle order but this batsman left the team in the lurch. Rizwan also played an important role in Pakistan's second innings being restricted to 220 runs and could not score big.

Captain Masood failed on the captaincy front.
Captain Shan Masood scored a century in the first innings but got out after scoring 11 runs in the second innings. Masood has been a complete flop in terms of captaincy. Under his captaincy, Pakistan is getting only defeat and defeat. He has not been able to win a single Test under his captaincy. In Multan, he had demanded a batting pitch where his batsmen did not show spark, while the visiting batsmen took advantage of it. Shan Masood probably forgot that England has an experienced batsman like Joe Root and a young batsman like Harry Brook who can play a big innings any day. England has already pushed Pakistan back by scoring 823 runs in the first innings.

Shaheen Afridi was ineffective.
Pakistan's bowling leader Shaheen Afridi was ineffective. He conceded 120 runs in 26 overs in the first innings. Pakistan did not expect this from this star bowler but Shaheen forgot his line length in front of Harry Brook and Joe Root in Multan. Shaheen also played an important role in adding a black chapter to Pakistan's cricket as he could not take wickets on time.

Young opener Saim Ayub fails.
Young batsman Saim Ayub is being called the rising star of Pakistan. Ayub, who scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket, could only score 4 and 25 runs in the Multan Test. This batsman, who played big innings in franchise cricket, kept yearning for runs in front of England bowlers. The young opener could not give the team a good start in both the innings. This opener has also played an important role in Pakistan's defeat.

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