Pakistan is a country where the pitches are very flat and many batsmen can be seen performing well on these flat pitches. Through today's article, we are going to tell about one such player, who has kept many big records in his name by playing a historic inning of 499 runs on the ground of Karachi.

This Pakistani player has played a historic inning of 499 runs

Actually, the player we are talking about is none other than Hanif Mohammad, the former veteran batsman of Pakistan cricket team, who made many big records in first class cricket by playing a historic inning of 499 runs in the year 1959. Had taken.

Hanif Mohammad played an innings of 499 runs while playing for Karachi against Bahawalpur in that match. 64 fours were also seen in his innings. Due to his powerful innings, he had made the record of playing the biggest innings in first class cricket and it still stands today.

Hanif Mohammad has made this record

Pakistani legend Hanif Mohammad has made the record of playing the biggest innings in first class cricket for Pakistan by playing a historic inning of 499 runs. Overall, he is at second place in this list. Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara is at the first place in this list, who has occupied the number 1 position by playing an inning of 501* runs. Lara did this feat in the year 1994. He achieved this feat against Durham while playing for Warwickshire.

Hanif's cricket career

Talking about Hanif Mohammad's cricket career, he has played 55 test matches for Pakistan. During this period he has scored 3915 runs in 97 innings. Meanwhile, 12 centuries and 15 half-centuries have also been seen from his bat. His best score in Test cricket is 337 runs. He has scored 17059 runs in first class cricket.