Shan Masood presents special souvenir, cap to Babar Azam on his 50th Test appearance

Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam achieved a milestone during the first Test against Australia, which is currently being played in Perth. 

Azam is making his 50th appearance for Pakistan in the longest format of the game. 

A special souvenir and cap was presented to Azam on his 50th Test appearance by Pakistan captain Shan Masood before the match.

The right-hander has scored 3,772 runs in Test cricket, so far, at an average of 47.74. He also has nine hundreds and 26 fifties against his name.

Celebrating @babarazam258's feat 🌟

Special souvenir and cap presented to the top player on his 50th Test appearance by Pakistan captain @shani_official 🧢🤝#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/5fvE5CyMsv

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 14, 2023

Earlier, Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the first Test against Pakistan. 

Pacers Aamir Jamal and Khurram Shahzad are making their Test debut for Pakistan.

Australia made just one change to the most recent side that took the field in the Ashes finale in August at The Oval, with the fit-again Nathan Lyon replacing Todd Murphy. Aussies scored 346 runs at the loss of five wickets at the end of first day's play.

Squads

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad