WI vs PAK 1st Test: Babar Azam flopped in batting as soon as he got the captaincy, embarrassed Pakistan in front of West Indies

New Delhi: Babar Azam, who was captaining the Pakistan Test team on the West Indies tour, flopped in batting. In the first innings for Pakistan, Babar Azam could score only 23 runs in 38 balls. However, the team’s ex-captain Shan Masood has put his team in a strong position by remaining unbeaten on the second day of the game and scoring 88 runs. Salman Aga is standing at the crease with Shan Masood till the end of the day’s play.

After Azaan Awais returned to the pavilion without opening his account, Masood made a partnership of 155 runs for the second wicket with opener Imam Ul Haq (63). With this, in reply to West Indies’ 311 runs, Pakistan scored 199 runs for three wickets in its first innings by the end of the second day’s play. It is currently 112 runs behind West Indies. Captain Babar Azam was out after scoring 23 runs shortly before the day’s play was ended early due to bad light. After this Salman Agha faced nine balls. He has not opened his account yet.

Hodge and Shai Hope scored fifties for West Indies

Earlier, Shai Hope scored 92 runs and Kavem Hodge scored 84 runs for West Indies. West Indies started the morning at 194 runs for three wickets and added 117 more runs to their score. Hodge added only one run to his overnight score of 83 and was caught at second slip in the third over of the day, ending a 91-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Hope completed his seventh half-century in 113 balls.

After Hodge’s dismissal, Hope formed small but useful partnerships with Justin Greaves (15), Roston Chase (10) and Shamar Joseph (23). For Pakistan, Mohammad Ali took four wickets, Mohammad Abbas took three and Khurram Shahzad took two wickets.