‘Idol Kohli ho toh 100-200 aise hi ban jaate hain’ – Fans react as Abdullah Shafique smashes his maiden double century in 2nd Test against Sri Lanka

Pakistan and Sri Lanka are currently clashing against each other in the 2nd Test of the 2-match Test series, which is being played at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Pakistan have already won the first Test by 4 wickets and are again in a strong position in the 2nd Test as well.

Meanwhile, Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique smashed his maiden double-century in the first innings of the match. Shafique played a phenomenal knock of 201 runs off 326 balls, which included 19 fours and four sixes. Shafique achieved this feat in the 109th over of Pakistan’s first innings. Many fans have reacted to this feat of Shafique and appreciated him on social media for achieving this special milestone.

Shafique has been consistently performing for Pakistan as an opener in the longest format. The right-handed batter has appeared in 26 Test innings so far and scored 1220 runs at an average of 53.04, which included 4 centuries and as many half-centuries with the highest score of 201 runs.

A brilliant all-round performance by Pakistan

Talking about the match, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first. However, the decision backfired as they were bundled out for just 166 runs in the first innings. No other batters except Dhanajaya de Silva were able to produce anything special to the scoreboard. De Silva scored 57 runs which included 9 fours and 1 six.

Abrar Ahmed and Naseem Shah were the star bowlers for Pakistan as Ahmed took 4 wickets while Naseem managed to take 3 wickets. Shaheen Afridi also got a breakthrough. Apart from these, Sri Lanka also faced 2 run-outs. In reply, Pakistan also had a bad start as Imam-ul-Haq went back to the pavilion after scoring just 6 runs.

However, the upcoming batters didn’t give any chance to Sri Lanka to make a comeback in the match. Pakistan have already crossed the 500-run mark and the lead has also gone more than 300. Apart from Shafique, Shan Masood, Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman also hit half-centuries.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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