From MisYou to AzAs

If Pakistan’s last Test in Roseau, Dominica marked the end of MisYou era, the Abu Dhabi Test is going to annotate the dawn of AzAs age. It will be the first time Azhar Ali will take the field not as the most experienced batsman in the side but also the most experienced player overall with 60 Test caps next to his name. Asad Shafiq will be the next most experienced player with 56 Tests to his name.

• No player with 60+ Tests, for the first time since 2011 vs West Indies
• Pakistan squad slips from 16^th to 287^th most experienced side ever
• The most inexperienced eleven since 2011, vs Sri Lanka at Dubai
• Pakistan’s batting lineup slips from most experienced ever to 255th
• First-ever Test without Misbah and Younis in 7 years, after 58 Tests
• Only Azhar, Amir, Sarfaraz played a Test without Misbah and Younis
• Azhar to appear as Senior Most Player for the first time ever
• The expected top-7 batting order to go in with 181 Tests in Total
• 83% - 151 out of those 181 Tests played by Azhar, Asad and Sarfaraz
• 3 others will go in with 30 Tests in between them
• 1 guaranteed debutant in top 7

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Click here to read full article on The Indian Express website

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