Sajid Khan's thigh-raising celebration has won many admirers, but he wanted two of his senior team-mates to join in, and they did after he took a match-winning five-for against West Indies in Multan.
Sajid Khan performed the thigh-five celebration with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan after Pakistan beat West Indies by 127 runs in the opening Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
In Multan, spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali dominated the West Indies, taking nine wickets to dismiss them for 137. Pakistan built a 202-run lead, aided by Shan Masood's second-innings fifty, in the first test.
Sajid went past 50 Test scalps for Pakistan in what was his 11th match. He averages 27.73 with the help of three four-fers and four fifers. In six home Tests, he has 34 wickets at 31.03. He owns three five-wickets hauls at home. In 5 away Tests, he has 21 scalps at 22.71.
For a third consecutive home Test, Pakistan's spinners claimed all 20 wickets, nine of which came from the inspired Sajid Khan
Multan [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): An incredible nine-wicket haul by spinner Sajid Khan helped Pakistan register a 127-run win over West Indies in the first Test at Multan on Sunday. With this win, Pakistan is 1-0 up in the two-match series, with the second Test in Multan from January 25.
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Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite pointed out the reason behind West Indies' 127-run defeat against Pakistan in the first Test match of the series and said that the pitch in Multan was difficult to bat on
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Pakistan's spinners led their team to a 127-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test in Multan. Sajid Khan and Abrar Ahmed took nine and fou