Azan Awais joins Younis Khan, Javed Miandad after a century on Test debut

Opening batter Azan Awais hit the ground running as he notched up a century against Bangladesh in his debut Test game. In doing so, he has joined the likes of Javed Miandad and Younis Khan, becoming the fourteenth Pakistani batter to achieve the milestone. Besides making it onto this list, Azan’s knock was played against a high-class Bangladesh bowling attack as he built two century stands with Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Fazal, respectively.

Trailing Bangladesh’s first-innings total of 413, Pakistan’s top order, including two debutants, Azan and Abdullah, absorbed the pressure and scored the bulk of the runs. Azan was dismissed in the first session on day three after he miscued a shot off Taskin Ahmed’s delivery.

Azan is only the third Pakistani batter to score a Test century on debut in away conditions, besides Umar Akmal and Fawad Alam.

List of Pakistan batters to score a century on Test debut:

Khalid Ibadulla – 166 against Australia in 1964

Javed Miandad – 163 against New Zealand in 1976

Saleem Malik – 100* against Sri Lanka in 1982

Mohammad Wasim – 109* against New Zealand in 1996

Ali Naqvi – 115 against South Africa in 1997

Azhar Mahmood – 128* against South Africa in 1997

Younis Khan – 107 against Sri Lanka in 2000

Taufeeq Umar – 104 against Bangladesh in 2001

Yasir Hameed – 170, 105 against Bangladesh in 2003

Fawad Alam – 168 against Sri Lanka in 2009

Umar Akmal – 129 against New Zealand in 2009

Abid Ali – 109* against Sri Lanka in 2019

Kamran Ghulam – 114 against England in 2024

Azan Awais – 103 against Bangladesh in 2026

 

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