Younis Khan, the real King Khan
All hail our hero, the king of the fourth-innings!
The last time I wrote about Younis Khan was four months ago, when he had just knocked up a century against England in Dubai. It was a fantastic innings, and right after that I wrote a post titled "Why Younis Khan is king".
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5Yyob_GHg]]
In that post, I wrote a comparative analysis, highlighting how Younis Khan fairs better than those batsmen who are popularly referred to as the ‘modern greats’ of the Test arena. What I didn't happen to touch upon was the area where, in my opinion, Younis Khan really does reign as supreme - the fourth-innings of a Test match!
Thanks to Mahela Jayawardena's mind boggling decision not to enforce the follow-on, Younis Khan got another opportunity to show the world what he is capable of in the fourth-innings of a Test series.
Even though he wasn’t able to save Pakistan, which never really seemed like a possibility, given the amount of runs we were up against and the overs we had left, Younis Khan displayed a splendid knock, and in the process became the first ever Pakistani batsman (and 21st overall) to cross 1,000 fourth-inning Test runs.
An achievement?
Most definitely, yes.
Unfortunately, Khan fell 13 runs short of his 21st test century against Sri Lanka, but had he gotten there he would have become the first ever batsman to score five centuries in the fourth-innings of a Test.
Yes the first ever!
Khan currently has four fourth-innings tons and stands level with Sunil Gavaskar, Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
If only Pakistan played more Test matches, we would be able to appreciate the display of skill and alacrity of players with the likes of Khan.
He truly is the king of the fourth-innings!
Well, not really.
In my opinion, he is simply the king. Be it the first-innings or the fourth-innings, Younis Khan is the real King Khan!
Read the original version of this post here.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5Yyob_GHg]]
In that post, I wrote a comparative analysis, highlighting how Younis Khan fairs better than those batsmen who are popularly referred to as the ‘modern greats’ of the Test arena. What I didn't happen to touch upon was the area where, in my opinion, Younis Khan really does reign as supreme - the fourth-innings of a Test match!
Thanks to Mahela Jayawardena's mind boggling decision not to enforce the follow-on, Younis Khan got another opportunity to show the world what he is capable of in the fourth-innings of a Test series.
Even though he wasn’t able to save Pakistan, which never really seemed like a possibility, given the amount of runs we were up against and the overs we had left, Younis Khan displayed a splendid knock, and in the process became the first ever Pakistani batsman (and 21st overall) to cross 1,000 fourth-inning Test runs.
An achievement?
Most definitely, yes.
Unfortunately, Khan fell 13 runs short of his 21st test century against Sri Lanka, but had he gotten there he would have become the first ever batsman to score five centuries in the fourth-innings of a Test.
Yes the first ever!
Khan currently has four fourth-innings tons and stands level with Sunil Gavaskar, Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
If only Pakistan played more Test matches, we would be able to appreciate the display of skill and alacrity of players with the likes of Khan.
He truly is the king of the fourth-innings!
Well, not really.
In my opinion, he is simply the king. Be it the first-innings or the fourth-innings, Younis Khan is the real King Khan!
Read the original version of this post here.