Shahidi first Afghan to score Test double ton

Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 200 not out in the second Test against Zimbabwe at Abu Dhabi today to become the first Afghanistan player to score a Test double hundred.

Shahidi made 200 not out off 443 balls with 21 fours and one six as Afghanistan put up a mammoth 545 for 4 in their first innings. Captain Asghar Afghan made 164 while opener Ibrahim Zadran scored 72. Zimbabwe lead the two-match series 1-0.

Shahidi made his Test debut in Afghanistan's first-ever Test, against India in Bengaluru in 2018.

The 26-year-old left-handed batsman has 347 runs from five Tests and 1155 runs from 42 ODIs to his name thus far.

Zimbabwe finished 50 without loss at Stumps on Day 2.

Earlier, it was a tough passage of play for the Zimbabwe bowlers who toiled for nearly two days in the field for four wickets.

Afghan and Shahidi shared a 307-run partnership for the fourth wicket to deflate Zimbabwe's bowlers and put Afghanistan in a position of strength.