Abid Ali became the first ever Pakistan batsman to score hundreds in the first two Tests of career.
Abid Ali who scored an unbeaten hundred on his Test debut in Rawalpindi against Sri Lanka last week, scored yet another hundred in the ongoing second Test in Karachi. It's just his second Test and by scoring a hundred he became the first ever Pakistani and overall ninth batsman to score hundreds in the first two Tests of career. Here is the list of all those batsmen who scored hundreds in the first two Tests of career.
Batsmen to score hundreds in the first two Tests of career -
1. Will Ponsford (Australia) vs England,1924/25
2. Doug Walters (Australia) vs England, 1965
3. Alvin Kallicharan (West Indies) vs New Zealand, 1972
4. Mohammad Azharuddin (India) vs England, 1984/85
5. Greg Blewett (Australia) vs England, 1995
6. Sourav Ganguly (India) vs England, 1996
7. Rohit Sharma (India) vs West Indies, 2013
8. James Neesham (New Zealand) vs India / West Indies, 2014
9. Abid Ali (Pakistan) vs Sri Lanka, 2019
Mohammad Azharuddin is the only batsman to score hundreds in first 3 Tests of his career.