By Kaif - Feb 04, 2025 11:59 AM
3 players who took the longest break from the country's first-class tournaments: There have been many big players in the cricket world, who improved their game more while playing first class cricket. Team India's veteran Virat Kohli's name is also included in this. Like international cricket, King Kohli's statistics in first class cricket are also worth seeing.
Recently, Virat Kohli again came to play in his country's first class tournament after a gap of more than a decade and there was tremendous enthusiasm among the fans about this. In this article, we will tell you about those 3 players (who have played at least 50 Tests in their Test career) who took the Longest break from country's First-class tournament.
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Former Pakistani legend Saeed Anwar is at number three in this list. He took a break of 10 years and 294 days to play in his country's first class tournament. During this time, he played 52 Tests in his international career. Anwar played 146 matches in his first class cricket and scored 10619 runs during this period, which included 30 centuries and 51 half-centuries.
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Former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram has been known for his deadly fast bowling. He is still counted among the world's most successful fast bowlers, whom batsmen feared. Akram took a break of 11 years, 253 days to play in his country's first class tournament. During this time he played 67 Tests. Former left-arm bowler Akram has 1042 wickets in his name in first class cricket.
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Virat Kohli holds the record of taking the longest break to play in his country's first class tournament. Recently, Kohli again played in the first class tournament for his country after 12 years, 86 days. However, during this time Kohli could not do anything special and could score only 6 runs. During this long break, Kohli played 117 Tests.
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