Shehzar emulates father, grand-father to set unique record in first-class cricket
MULTAN: Shehzar Mohammad, who belongs to a great cricket family of Pakistan, set a unique world record when he hit a double century in a match of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy here on Friday.Playing for Karachi Whites against Multan, he made 265 runs in the four-day first class match, thus he provided a rare example of scoring double centuries by representatives of three generations. Shehzar emulated his father Shoaib Mohammad and grand-father Hanif Mohammad by scoring double hundreds in first class cricket.Interestingly, two of his father’s paternal uncles, Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad had also made double centuries in first class cricket. Shehzar faced 464 balls during his long stay of 643 minutes and struck 30 boundaries and six as Karachi Whites declared their first innings at 600-6 against Multan. Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler, also a wicketkeeper Shehzar made his first class debut in December 2009 and has already played 35 first-class matches.
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