Pakistan recorded a historic chase at the Galle International Stadium as they defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets.

Right-arm batter Abdullah Shafique had a memorable inning of 160 runs with 7 fours and a maximum. This is also his career’s highest score in 6 matches.

Pakistan made history as the national team chased the highest target (342) at the venue.

The Shaheens also made the record for the most successful cases in Test history.

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Pakistan 🇵🇰 have a new record 💪

✅ Most number of successful Test chases of 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runs or more in Asia 👏#SLvPAK #WTC23 #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/sY4UgV5L9D

— CricWick (@CricWick) July 20, 2022

Cricketers, fans and politicians lauded Pakistan on their victory.

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Awesome @imabd28 innings … we have seen such a wonderful knock after a long time, especially in the fourth innings and the way the pitch was playing. He took his full turn and that’s under tremendous pressure… one of the best from a Pakistani I have ever seen… take a bow !

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 20, 2022

An incredible & heroic stuff by @imabd28 & @babarazam258 leads green shirts to a brilliant victory with a historic test run chase. Abdullah proved to be the most reliable & consistent player showing his great cricketing skills. Way to go young gun. #TeamGreen 💚🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/tb5AWU9svA

— Haris Rauf (@HarisRauf14) July 20, 2022

– A remarkable and historic victory at Galle! 👏🏼
Pakistan team is growing from strength to strength, congratulations to @babarazam258 & the boys. Thumbsup to @imabd28 for his performance, keep it up & all the best for the next Test!#SLvPAK #Cricket #Pakistan

— Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) July 20, 2022

A day to remember in the history of Pakistan Cricket team broke 145 years test record by chasing down the record 300+ runs at Galle.
Congratulations Pakistan
🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰#PAKvSL#AbdullahShafique #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/HJDKkMAyem

— Zohaib Iqbal (@iamzohaib_iqbal) July 20, 2022

Pakistan won the match, Congratulations Pakistan 🇵🇰#PAKvSL #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/I3C0TMk4qk

— Calina Mark 🇷🇺 (@CalinaMark) July 20, 2022

Astounding victory Pakistan. Abdullah, the rockstar. Babar, the forever star. Congratulations Pakistan. Hats off to the Sri Lankans – a beautiful resilient nation. You gave it your best shot.

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— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) July 20, 2022

⭐ 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 📚

Pakistan has pulled off a miraculous victory and taken a 1⃣-0⃣ lead in the series 🙌#SLvPAK #WTC23 #BabarAzam #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/emucPy838C

— CricWick (@CricWick) July 20, 2022

This #teamPakistan had to overcome a statistical Everest to prove the world wrong at Galle and they did !! Great run chase. Congrats @babarazam258 .And Pakistan may have found the next batting superstar in Abdullah Shafique @imabd28 . So calm and organised and classy.

— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) July 20, 2022

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Congratulations Pakistan. Good confident cricket to achieve a high target in 4th innings. Despite some hiccups & rain scare you made it. Outstanding batting by Abdullah Shafique, @babarazam258 & @iMRizwanPak. Good bowling by Nawaz. Mashallah you have become a formidable pack.

— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) July 20, 2022

Dear Abdullah Shafique Now the whole country is proud of You ❤️
Way to go Champ

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Congratulations Pakistan ❤️#AbdullahShafique #PAKvsSL #PAKvSL #Galle pic.twitter.com/ngbvasA3Ge

— hamzakaleem (@hamzakaleem5) July 20, 2022

Congratulations Pakistan 👏#PAKvsSL pic.twitter.com/fn0svOCDRM

— Lahori Guy (@YrrrFahad_) July 20, 2022

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