Pakistan’s Azan Awais celebrates scoring a century through the third day of their first Check towards Bangladesh on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Could 10, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB
Pakistan opener Azan Awais introduced himself on the Check stage with a century on debut on Sunday within the opening match of the away collection towards Bangladesh on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium.
Resuming the third day on 85 not out, the left-hander introduced up the landmark within the 51st over of Pakistan’s innings by taking a single off Nahid Rana.
Because of this, the 21-year-old grew to become solely the 14th Pakistani batter to attain a century on Check debut, becoming a member of the likes of Javed Miandad, Younis Khan and Fawad Alam.
Khalid Ibadulla was the primary to attain the elusive listing within the longest format, whereas Yasir Hameed holds the excellence of smashing a century in every innings of his debut Check.
Notably, Azan is simply the third Pakistani batter to attain a century on Check debut in away circumstances, becoming a member of Umar Akmal and Alam, who introduced up their respective first tons in Dunedin and Colombo in 2009.
Listing of Pakistan batters to attain century on Check debut:
Khalid Ibadulla – 166 towards Australia in 1964Javed Miandad – 163 towards New Zealand in 1976Saleem Malik – 100* towards Sri Lanka in 1982Mohammad Wasim – 109* towards New Zealand in 1996Ali Naqvi – 115 towards South Africa in 1997Azhar Mahmood – 128* towards South Africa in 1997Younis Khan – 107 towards Sri Lanka in 2000Taufeeq Umar – 104 towards Bangladesh in 2001Yasir Hameed – 170, 105 towards Bangladesh in 2003Fawad Alam – 168 towards Sri Lanka in 2009Umar Akmal – 129 towards New Zealand in 2009Abid Ali – 109* towards Sri Lanka in 2019Kamran Ghulam – 114 towards England in 2024Azan Awais – 103 towards Bangladesh in 2026
The left-handed batter, nevertheless, fell sufferer to skilled Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed 22 deliveries after notching up the triple figures and walked again after scoring 103 off 165 deliveries, studded with 14 fours.
