Here are some of the sensational records created by Younis Khan.
Younis Khan now averages at least 50 in each of the four innings of a Test and joins the elite club. The only other batsmen who average 50-plus in all four innings, with a minimum of 10 knocks in each innings, are Don Bradman and former England great Herbert Sutcliffe.
50+ Average In Every Innings Of Test Match:
1. Don Bradman
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. YOUNIS KHAN
It’s been 90 years since a batsman made three consecutive Test hundreds against Australia. Younis Khan achieved this feat in the first innings of the second test in the ongoing series aagainst Australia. Herbert Sutcliffe was the last to have done this, during the Ashes series of 1924-25.
Younis Khan is the fourth Pakistani batsman to make 3 consecutive Test 100’s after Zaheer Abbas, Mudassar Nazar and Mohammad Yousuf.
Most Test 100s After 93 Tests:
29 – Don Bradman (in 52 Tests)
29 – Sachin Tendulkar/Matthew Hayden
28 – Sunil Gavaskar
27 – YOUNIS KHAN
26 – Gary Sobers
25 – Aliaster Cook
Most Test Scores of 150+ For Pakistan:
10 – Javed Miandad/YOUNIS KHAN
9 – Mohd Yousuf
8 – Zaheer Abbas
4 – Hanif Mohd/Mudassar Nazar/Inzamam
Most Test 100s for Pakistan After 35 Years :
7* – Younis Khan
5 – Zaheer Abbas
5 – Inzamam-ul-Haq
Fewest Innings to 8000 Runs:
152 – Kumar Sangakkara
154 – Sachin Tendulkar
157 – Gary Sobers
158 – Rahul Dravid
160 – Virender Sehwag
162 – Javed Miandad
164 – Brian Lara/ MatthewHayden
165 – Ricky Ponting/ Mahela Jayawardena/ YOUNIS KHAN