Harare Test: Pakistan's innings victory over Zimbabwe, Hassan Ali's reception on social media
Hassan Ali took nine wickets in the match and played an important role in Pakistan's victory
In the first Test played in Harare, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by an innings and 116 runs on the third day of the match to take the lead in the two-Test series.
Hassan Ali took five wickets in the second innings and nine wickets in the match. Hassan Ali has managed to complete half a century of wickets in Test matches.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 426 runs thanks to Fawad Alam's century. When Zimbabwe started the second innings, they were facing a deficit of 250 runs.
At the start of the second innings, Zimbabwe played a little better and the openers formed a 48-run partnership but then Zimbabwe's wickets kept falling from time to time.
Zimbabwe's entire team managed to score 134 for the loss of nine wickets while one player could not bat due to injury.
The highest score for Zimbabwe was by Musakanda who played an innings of 43 runs. Captain Brendon Taylor scored 28 runs and was caught by Hassan Ali on the ball of Noman Ali.
Statement of Pakistan's innings
On the third day, when Pakistan started batting, Fawad Alam and Hassan Ali were batting. Hassan Ali was the first player to be dismissed. He scored 30 runs aggressively.
After Hassan Ali's dismissal, Noman Ali came to bat but he returned to the pavilion without scoring a run. Sajid Ali, playing the first Test, scored seven runs. Sajid Khan got a lot of bowling opportunities in the match. He bowled a total of 15 overs in both innings but did not manage to take any wicket.
When Fawad Alam was dismissed for 140, Pakistan's score was 426 and he had a 250-run lead over Zimbabwe which the Zimbabwean team could not overcome and thus Pakistan won the two-match series. I have a zero lead.
Reaction on social media
Sports statistics expert Mazhar Arshad wrote that this is the first time in nine years that Pakistan has won a Test match within three days, the last time was in 2012 against England in Dubai.