Pakistan team has gone on a difficult test tour of Australia. The first match of the three-match Test series will start from December 14. Before this, the team will play a four-day practice match against Prime Minister XI from Wednesday, 6 December. Pakistani players are sweating profusely in the nets to give their best on the Australia tour. Meanwhile, in the video going viral on social media, two players are seen fighting with each other. There was a heated argument between former captain Sarfaraz Khan and Saud Shakeel during the nets.
Why was there a fight between Sarfaraz and Saud Shakeel?
In the video going viral, it can be seen that a heated argument is taking place between Sarfaraz and Saud Shakeel. Sarfaraz had asked his junior player Saud Shakeel to do some work, which he did not do, due to which both the players clashed with each other. In the video, Saud Shakeel is saying that for how long will I continue to work for you? On this, Sarfaraz says angrily, “Brother, you will be of no use to me, I did not even tell you. First of all, I did not even tell you. I did not even ask you to swap. I did not swap with whomever I wanted. have done.”
Pakistan has not been able to win even a single test series in Australia till date
Pakistan team has reached Australia tour to play three test match series. The command of the team has been handed over to Shan Masood. Last month, after the World Cup, Babar Azam stepped down from captaincy in all three formats. In such a situation, the first series itself is going to be no less than a litmus test for the new captain Shan Masood. Because Pakistan’s record on Australian soil has been shameful. Forget about defeating the Kangaroos at home, the Pakistan team has not even been able to draw a Test match in Australia for the last 28 years.
Whenever Pakistan team has gone on Australia tour to play a Test series, it has returned empty handed. For 59 years, Pakistan team has not been able to win a Test series by defeating Australia at home. In 1964, Pakistan made a Test tour of Australia for the first time. Only one Test was played on this tour, which was a draw. The best performance of the Pakistan team on Kangaroo soil was in the tours of 1976 and 1978, when they had drawn the test match. These test series were of three and two matches respectively, which ended 1-1.
Pakistan’s record in Australia is like this
Pakistan has played 37 Tests against Australia at home, out of which it has won only 4. The Pakistan team’s last victory in Australia was during the 1995-96 tour under the captaincy of Wasim Akram. However, this match also had no importance, because Australia had already won the 3-match Test series. Since then, whenever the Pakistan team has gone on a test tour to Australia, they have been wiped out by the Kangaroos. Whereas in March 2022, Australia had defeated Pakistan at home. If we talk about the last five Test series between the two teams, the Kangaroo team is ahead by 3-2.
Pakistan’s Test squad for Australia tour: Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam ul Haq, Khurram Khan, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Junior, Nauman Ali, Sam Ayub, Salman Ali Aga, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.