Sarfaraz Ahmed achieved yet another milestone in the ongoing first game of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka at Galle.
During the first innings, the 35-year-old cricketer scored 17 runs, including three boundaries, to complete 3,000 runs in red-ball cricket.
The right-handed batter became the first Pakistani wicket-keeper and the 20th Pakistani batter to achieve this milestone in the longest format of the game.
The Champions Trophy-winning captain has also the highest average among Pakistani wicket-keeper batters in the history of Test cricket.
| Batter | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | 51 | 3,009 | 38.57 | 4 | 21 |
| Kamran Akmal | 53 | 2,648 | 30.79 | 6 | 12 |
| Imtiaz Ahmad | 38 | 2,010 | 30.45 | 3 | 11 |
| Rashid Latif | 37 | 1,381 | 28.77 | 1 | 7 |
| Moin Khan | 66 | 2,581 | 28.67 | 4 | 14 |
Talking about the ongoing Test match, the home side is in a commanding position on day two after restricting Pakistan to 132 for 5, with Prabath Jayasuriya taking three wickets.
Sri Lanka posted a total of 312 runs on the board on a turning surface, thanks to a fighting century from Dhananjaya de Silva and a half-century from Angelo Mathews.
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