Watch: Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik’s nephew Muhammad Huraira becomes 2nd youngest Pakistani to hit triple century

Muhammad Huraira, a nephew of Pakistan’s former captain Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, created history on Monday (December 20) when he became the country’s second youngest cricketer to score a triple century, in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Huraira, who is playing in his debut first-class season scored the triple ton at the age of 19 years and 239 days.

Huraira has become the second youngest cricketer in Pakistan’s first-class history to reach the 300-run mark and the eighth overall to achieve this feat. This is the 23rd triple scored on Pakistan soil with Huraira being the 22nd player overall to score a 300 in Pakistan. It also includes triple hundreds by visiting batsmen – Mike Brearly, Mark Taylor and Virender Sehwag – the last two in Tests.

Huraira’s 311 not out from 341 balls, which included 40 boundaries and four sixes, came at tea on day three of a last round match between Northern against Balochistan. He has been in great form for Northern as he has hit three centuries in the season.

Huraira has played for the Pakistan Under-19 team alongside Haider Ali and Rohail Nazir. “MONUMENTAL EFFORT! 19-year-old Mohammad Huraira becomes the second-youngest Pakistan batter to score a first-class triple century!”, the PCB tweeted as it shared the video of the moment Huraira reached his triple ton.

Watch Muhammad Huraira complete a historic triple century...

MONUMENTAL EFFORT! 19-year-old Mohammad Huraira becomes the second youngest Pakistan batter to score a first-class triple century! #HarHaalMainCricket pic.twitter.com/QtYRKDRCKT — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 20, 2021

Huraira, who is from Sialkot, is the 9th teenager in the world to score a triple century in FC cricket and only the second to do so after the great Javed Miandad. Miandad had become the youngest batsman to score a first-class triple-century back in 1975 hen had reached the milestone for Karachi Whites against National Bank at the age of 17 years 310 days.

(with PTI inputs)

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