{"id":6801,"date":"2022-03-08T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=6801"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:12:29","slug":"shoaib-akhtar-congratulates-abdullah-shafique-imam-ul-haq-for-test-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/shoaib-akhtar-congratulates-abdullah-shafique-imam-ul-haq-for-test-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Akhtar congratulates Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq for Test centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: As the openers, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique, score their centuries in Pakistan\u2019s first home Test against Australia, cricketers and fans have started praising the duo for their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Former player Shoaib Akhtar lauded left-handed batsman Imam for his double century and Shafique for his maiden Test century being played in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imabd28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imabd28<\/a> for his maiden Test hundred &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImamUlHaq12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImamUlHaq12<\/a> for Twin hundreds in a Test Match. Keep it up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shoaib100mph\/status\/1501154105645215747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Imam scored his second hundred on the fifth day of the Test and became the 10th Pakistani batsman to score a century in both innings of the Test.<\/p>\n<p>Imam and Shafique have set the record of being the first opening pair to establish a partnership of a hundred runs in both innings in over five decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s how fans reacted to their new record.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maiden Test Hundred for Talented Abdullah Shafiq..<br \/>Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imabd28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imabd28<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvsAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvsAUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvAUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKq1vKXTXj\">pic.twitter.com\/uKq1vKXTXj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Akber Ali (@AkberAJaffri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkberAJaffri\/status\/1501141484141256704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abdullah Shafique\u2019s maiden test century in the making- a treat to watch!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoysReadyHain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoysReadyHain<\/a> l <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvAUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imabd28?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imabd28<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2GqysSnscy\">pic.twitter.com\/2GqysSnscy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1501156985579974657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Imam scored 111 runs while Shafique scored 136 runs.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/australian-wicketkeeper-batter-rod-marsh-dies-at-74.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian wicketkeeper-batter Rod Marsh dies at 74<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: As the openers, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique, score their centuries in Pakistan\u2019s first home Test against Australia, cricketers and fans have started praising the duo for their performance. Former player Shoaib Akhtar lauded left-handed batsman Imam for his double century and Shafique for his maiden Test century being played in Rawalpindi. Congratulations to @imabd28 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[172,364],"class_list":["post-6801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-australia","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}