We are back with yet another best batting Performance and this time we have a great one as this batter is one of the most legendary batters that Pakistan cricket has ever seen and I am talking about Younis Khan. A man who changed Pakistan cricket for the better and became the most dependable batter in the middle order. He has scored more than 17000+ international runs for Pakistan and we will talk about more of his records below.
Younis Khan played international cricket from 2000-2017 which means 17 years at the Top. He played 118 Test Matches for Pakistan in which he scored 10099 runs at an amazing average of 52.06 and he scored 34 Test hundreds and 6 Double Hundreds and 1 Triple hundred as well in his glorious test career. He played 265 ODIs for Pakistan and in those he got 7249 runs with an average of 31.25 with 7 ODI hundreds to his name. Now let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances.
313 vs Sri Lanka (2009)
The highest test score in the career of Younis Khan came against Sri Lanka in 2008 where he absolutely decimated the great Sri Lankan attack and made a historic triple hundred and he batted for 568 balls for his 313 in which he hit 27 fours and 4 sixes which means a total of 132 runs in boundaries. He was striking at a good 55.11 rate which helped Pakistan cross the 750 run mark in that innings. It was his best innings for sure and one which he will remember forever.
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267 vs India (2005)
Another monster test innings in the career of Younis Khan came in 2005 vs India in India and this was an innings which helped Pakistan win a test match in Bangalore. Pakistan were batting first and Younis Khan came at number 3 and started hitting fours and he faced 504 balls and in this innings of his he hit 32 fours and 1 six which means a total of 134 runs in boundaries and he was striking at 52.98. Pakistan won this match by 168 runs and it was largely due to this massive innings by Younis Khan.
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91 and 149* vs New Zealand (2001)
This is one of the best away test matches by a Pakistani batter in quite some time and Younis Khan almost single handedly won this match for Pakistan. In the first innings Younis played a very important innings of 91 and he faced just 138 balls and in this quick innings he hit 14 fours and 2 sixes which means a total of 68 runs in boundaries and his strike rate was over 65, but his most significant innings of the match came in the second batting innings for Pakistan where he hit an unbeaten 149* from only 182 balls and this was the match winning innings for Pakistan and he hit 14 fours and 4 sixes in this innings and his strike rate was 81.87 in this knock.
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153 and 71 vs West Indies (2002)
Another match where Younis Khan was the main difference between the 2 teams and in this match as well Younis made over 220 runs in the match and in the first innings he made a brilliant 153 runs from 291 balls in which he hit 15 fours and 1 six and his strike rate was 52.56 in this innings and this allowed Pakistan to be ahead in this match. In the second batting innings for Pakistan he made another crucial 71 runs in 167 balls while hitting only 6 fours in the innings and Pakistan won this match by 244 runs in the end.
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144 vs Hong Kong (2004)
This is the highest ODI score in the career of Younis Khan and it came against Hong Kong in 2004 and was a brutal innings where he showed his class and his shot making abilities. He made 144 runs in just 122 balls and he hit 8 fours and 3 sixes in this innings which means a total of 50 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was 118.03 in this innings and Pakistan won this match by 173 runs via D/L method.
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