Younis Khan scores 33rd century of career in Abu Dhabi Test
'Khan of Mardar' Younis Khan is only 9th Test player in cricket history to have scored 33 centuries
ABU DHABI: (Dunya News) – Younis Khan has on Friday scored the 33rd century of his career against West Indies in the second test of the series. The ‘Khan of Mardan’ has become only the 9th player in cricket history to have scored 33 Test centuries, reported Dunya News.
Younis Khan had come on to the field today when Pakistan had lost its second wicket for just 42 runs and both the openers, Azhar Ali and Sami Aslam, had lost their wickets for zero and 6 respectively. However, Younis joined Asad Shafiq at the middle and the two batted brilliantly to steer the team out of that brewing crisis.
Younis scored the century in 169 balls in his comeback Test after the illness. He scored his 33rd century with the help of eight boundaries and a six. Younis Khan also improved his own record of not getting lost to the ‘nervous nineties’ for 31st time consecutively.
The former Pakistan captain has so far scored six double centuries and a triple century as well. The biggest record that he has set now is that of scoring 33 centuries in just 109 Tests which is maximum by any batsman in that many tests.
It is pertinent to mention here that Younis Khan is second only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman when it comes to innings per century ration. Younis took only 194 innings to score 33 hundreds at a ratio of 5.88 innings per century.
Younis on average scores a hundred after every six innings. Only Bradman has a better inns/100 ratio than him in Tests. #PakvWI pic.twitter.com/svaXob7JrR
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 21, 2016
