This happened for the first time in the history of Pakistan cricket, they had to do this under compulsion

The third and decisive match of the Test series is being played between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Both teams are currently tied 1-1 in this series. In the last match of the series, England won the toss and decided to bat first. At the same time, considering the pitch favorable for spinners, both the days gave maximum number of spinners a place in the playing 11. Along with this, Pakistan did something in the first two overs of the match, which was never seen in the history of Pakistan cricket.

This happened for the first time in Pakistan cricket

Pakistan is called a factory of fast bowlers. But in this series, Pakistan's team is relying more on spinners to defeat England. Something similar was seen in the third Test as well. Off-spinner Sajid Khan started the bowling for Pakistan. After this, he got the second over bowled by Noman Ali. Let us tell you, Noman Ali is also a spinner. That is, Pakistan decided to start the match with spinners, which was quite surprising. Let us tell you, the pitch of this match is very helpful for spinners and there is nothing much for the bowlers here, due to which Pakistan had to do this.

In fact, this is the first time in the history of Pakistan cricket that two spinners started the match. In Test history, this was only the fourth time that two spinners started bowling in the first innings of a Test match. This last happened in 2019, when Bangladesh started bowling with Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan against Afghanistan in Chittagong. At the same time, this feat was first seen in Test cricket in 1964. Then India got the first two overs bowled by Motganhalli Jaisimha and Salim Aziz Durrani against England.

Playing 11 of both teams for the third test

England Playing 11: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.

Pakistan's playing 11: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Amer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.