When the fourth day of the first Test match of the series being played between Pakistan and England at Multan ground ended, the condition of the host Pakistani team was very bad. In this match, England team declared its first innings at 823 runs at the loss of 7 wickets as against Pakistan’s first innings score of 556 runs. After this, by the end of the day’s play, the Pakistani team had lost 6 wickets in its second innings till the score was 152. In such a situation, their defeat on the fifth day is considered almost certain, in which the team had suffered a big blow at the beginning of the fourth day in the form of spinner Abrar Ahmed, who could not take the field during fielding due to illness. .
Many tests were conducted in Abrar’s hospital, PCB gave information
Abrar Ahmed bowled a total of 35 overs during England’s first innings in which he gave 174 runs but could not manage to take any wicket. In the PCB’s statement regarding Abrar, which came to ISPN Cricinfo, they said that on the morning of the fourth day of the Multan Test match, Abrar Ahmed had complained of high fever and body pain, after which he was taken to the hospital where he also underwent several tests and Now their report is awaited. Abrar has been seen struggling with injury problems in his career so far, in which he had to stay away from the game for a long time due to back injury.
Abrar can’t even come to bat
It is not at all an easy task for the Pakistani team to save the Multan Test match, in which they lost 6 wickets in the fourth day’s play and are still 115 runs behind the first innings lead achieved by England. Are. In such a situation, while England will try to win the match by an innings on the 5th day, Pakistan will try to draw the match. However, after Abrar Ahmed is ill, he may not even come on the field to bat, so in this situation England will have to take only 3 more wickets, which is no less than a big problem for Pakistan.
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