Karachi, AP. Captain Babar Azam’s first Test century in two years and his century partnership with Shafiq helped Pakistan recover from a poor start on Tuesday, chasing Australia 506 for 192 for two on the fourth day of the second Test. At the end of the day’s play, Babar is playing 102 runs in 198 balls with the help of 12 fours.

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He has shared 171 runs for the third wicket with Shafiq (71 not out). These two came together when the team had lost two wickets for 21 runs. Pakistan still need 314 runs. At the same time, Australia need eight wickets to win and Wednesday is the last day of the match. Babar and Shafiq battled the reverse swing of Australian captain Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon’s spin for more than four hours on a cracking pitch.

Australia did not get a single breakthrough in the last season

Babar, who scored his last Test century in February 2020 against Bangladesh, completed his sixth century in 180 balls with two runs from a sweep in the final session. Pakistan lost a wicket each in the first and second sessions, while Australia were defeated in the final session. Didn’t get any success. In the second session, the lone wicket went to Cameron Green, who lbw Azhar Ali (6). Green’s short ball hit Azhar’s body. Azhar did not take the DRS, but replays showed that the ball had touched his gloves before hitting his body.

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Pakistan’s score would have been 38 for three, but Steve Smith dropped a simple catch of Shafiq in the slips. Smith dropped this third catch in the match. Earlier, Pakistan lost the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq (1) on the fifth ball of Lyon, who was lbw. Australia scored 97 for two in the second innings, after which Cummins declared the innings with a total lead of 505 runs. Cummins declared the innings after Marnus Labushane (44) hit Shaheen Afridi (1/21) on the wicket.

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The national stadium is a stronghold of Pakistan and the team has lost just two matches out of 44 Tests here

Australia started the day at 81 for one, but in the opening half-hour, Afridi and Hasan Ali (1/23) did not allow first innings centuries Usman Khawaja (44 not out) and Labushane to score quick runs after which Australia declared the innings earlier than expected. The national stadium is a stronghold of Pakistan and the team has lost just two matches out of 44 Tests here.