Pakistan National Cricket Team has been undergoing a very poor run of form in Test cricket during recent past. They have not won a home Test match for years now and recently got whitewashed by Bangladesh at their home for the first time in history. They are currently engaged in a three match Test series against England and the start of it has happened very poorly at Multan. Despite scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings, Pakistan were handed an innings defeat by England and the devastating and embarrassing loss has made the PCB to opt for a braver team selection for the remainder of the series. As a result of that approach, rising talent Mohammad Huraira has been called-up for the third and fourth Test match. PAK vs ENG 2024: Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi Dropped for Second, Third Tests Against England.

Star Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam has been suffering from off-form. He has found ways to get dismissed even under good batting conditions and never looked confident in the crease. His form has not been helping the struggling side and as a result, he has been dropped from the Pakistan squad for the rest of the series. Mohammad Huraira is one of the batters who is likely to take his place in the playing XI. Fans who are eager to know who Mohammad Huraira is, will get the entire information here.

 

 Mohammad Huraira Quick Facts

# Mohammad Huraira was born on April 25, 2002.

# Currently aged 22, Huraira is right-handed batter who has impressed in domestic cricket and age group cricket in Pakistan.

# Mohammad Huraira is also the nephew of former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik.

# Mohammad Huraira was in the Pakistan squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2020.

# The call-up came following him topping the run-scorers' chart in Pakistan's U19 One-Day competition.

# Huraira attracted eyeballs when he won the Player of the Match award in the quarter-final game against Afghanistan.

# He made his first-class debut on 20 October 2021, for Northern in the 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

# During the 28th match of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in December 2021 between Balochistan and Northern, Muhammad Huraira scored a triple-century.

# Huraira became the second youngest Pakistani batter to score a first-class triple-century after Javed Miandad.

# Huraira made his Twenty20 debut on 20 February 2022, for Islamabad United in the 2022 Pakistan Super League.

# Muhammad Huraira was selected for the two-Test away series against Sri Lanka in 2023 but didn’t get an opportunity.

# In August 2024, he was selected in Pakistan's test squad against Bangladesh but once again, the debut cap remained away from him.

# During the first unofficial Test match between Pakistan A and Bangladesh A held in July 2024, Muhammad Huraira scored a double-century.

# Huraira has played 39 matches in Pakistan's domestic first-class cricket and scored 3252 runs with an average of 53.31. Pakistan Cricket Team Red-Ball Head Coach Jason Gillespie Engages In Animated Discussion With Shan Masood, Azhar Mahmood After Babar Azam’s Exclusion From PAK vs ENG Test Squad (Watch Video).

# Huraira has a knack of scoring daddy hundreds as six out of nine of his centuries have been 150+ scores, which includes two double-tons and one triple century.

The 22-year-old is coming in the Pakistan squad with a plethora of batting exploits behind him but it has to be remembered that the Pakistan team is not in the best of conditions and it is not a confident dressing room he will be going inside. He has to hold on to his own routines and focus on not taking much pressure on him. The task of filling in the shoes of Babar Azam already comes with lot of pressure and any additional pressure will only hamper his natural play style.

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