Overview

• Asif Afridi received his Test cap from Shaheen Afridi before the second Test against South Africa in Rawalpindi.
• At 38 years and 299 days, he became Pakistan’s third-oldest Test debutant, behind Miran Bakhsh and Amir Elahi.
• He replaced Hasan Ali in the XI and joined fellow spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan for the match.
• Pakistan led the two-Test series 1-0 after a 93-run victory in the opener.
• The left-arm spinner’s selection over Abrar Ahmed followed a strong domestic record of 198 wickets and 13 five-fors in 57 first-class matches, and his debut drove a reported surge in Google searches of about 20,000 on October 20.