Sri Lankan Batter equals Babar Azam’s record

During the Test match against New Zealand, Sri Lankan cricketer Kamindu Mendis tied the two-year-old record set by Babar Azam.

Mendis achieved this milestone in the second Test of the series, which was played in Galle.

He did it by reaching a half-century, tying the record of eight straight fifties in Test cricket held by Babar Azam.

Consecutive Test Matches with Scores Over 50:8 matches:

Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka)

7 matches:

Saud Shakeel (Pakistan)

6 matches:

Sunil Gavaskar (India)

Mendis has broken the previous record held by Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel, who had seven straight scores of 50 or more, by becoming the first player from Sri Lanka to score 50 or more runs in each of his first eight .

Test matches at the first Test match of his career, Mendis made an outstanding 61 runs at Galle against Australia in 2022, helping Sri Lanka win the innings.

Despite making a great start, he was forced to miss almost two years of Test squad but made a comeback earlier this year in the series against Bangladesh.

Now, with his eighth consecutive half-century, he has successfully matched Babar Azam’s record.