He was nicknamed 'Tuk-Tuk', but this batsman scored the fastest half-century in Test matches

Misbah-ul-Haq scored a half-century in just 21 balls and a century in 56 balls in the Abu Dhabi Test against Australia (Pakistan vs Australia) in 2014. Cricket has become much faster now due to the increasing popularity of T20, but no one has been able to break his half-century record yet.

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Centuries in both innings, there were many reasons to celebrate
Born in Mianwali in Pakistan's Punjab province, Misbah had many reasons to celebrate in this Test. In this Test match held in October 2014, he scored centuries in both innings and joined the club of special batsmen who achieved this feat. He scored the same 101 runs in both innings (not out in the second innings) and led the team to victory. In this match, apart from Misbah, Pakistan's Azhar Ali also scored centuries in both innings (109 in the first innings, 100* in the second innings) while Younus Khan played an innings of 213 runs.

Richards' record for fastest century equalled
In the second innings, Misbah looked intent on wreaking havoc. He blew away the Australian fast attack comprising excellent bowlers like Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon. He completed his half-century in 21 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes, after which he had to play 25 more balls to reach the century. Misbah's century was completed in 56 balls with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes. With the same brilliant innings, he wrote the record of the fastest half-century and century in Test cricket. By completing a Test century in 56 balls, Misbah equaled the record of West Indies' Viv Richards (1985-86, vs England).

However, Misbah and Richards' record of scoring a century in 56 balls lasted only for a year. New Zealand's Brendon McCullum broke this record by scoring a century in 54 balls against Australia in February 2016, but the record of the fastest 50 still remains in Misbah's name.

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Misbah is the oldest captain to score a century in Tests
Misbah is also credited with being the oldest captain to score a century in Tests. In 2016, as a captain, he scored a century against England at the age of 42 years and 47 days. In the Test match played at Lord's, he scored 114 runs and broke Australia's Bob Simpson's record of scoring a century at the age of 41 years and 359 days.

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Celebrated by doing pushups on the ground, told the reason later

Misbah celebrated scoring a century at the age of 42 in a unique way by doing pushups on the field. The Pakistani team won this test by 75 runs and like Misbah, all the players did pushups. Pakistani team captain Misbah later explained the reason for celebrating like this. He told that before the England tour, Pakistani players had taken a training session at the Army camp in Karachi. They had promised that if they perform well, they will do something unique in honor of their soldiers. After the victory, they fulfilled their promise by doing pushups.

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The only batsman to score 5000 runs in ODIs without scoring a century
Despite being rich in sports skills, Misbah got a chance to debut in international cricket at the age of 27. Born on 28 May 1974, Misbah played his first Test in March 2001. Misbah, who scored 5222 runs (10 centuries) in 75 Tests at an average of 46.62, scored 5122 runs in 162 ODIs but could not score a century in this format. He is the only batsman to score more than 5 thousand runs in ODIs without a century. He has scored 788 runs in 39 T20Is at an average of 37.52.

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Showed amazing performance in every format against India

Misbah's performance has been excellent against India in every format of cricket. This Pakistani batsman, who scored 464 runs (one century) at an average of 116.00 in three Test matches against India, has scored 550 runs at an average of 39.28 in 17 ODIs against India and 96 runs at an average of 48.00 (strike rate 131.50) in two T20 matches. He played both these T20 matches against India in the 2007 World Cup held in South Africa. In the ODI World Cup, Misbah scored 132 runs at an average of 66.00 in two matches (2011 and 2015) against India. In 2011, he scored 56 runs at a strike rate of 73.68 and in 2015, he scored 76 runs at a strike rate of 90.47 and was out as the last wicket.

It was Misbah's misfortune that in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup when Pakistan needed 6 runs to win the title, his scoop off Joginder Sharma's ball went into the hands of India's Sreesanth and India became the champion. This victory ruined all the hard work of Misbah (43 runs in 38 balls). If Pakistan had become the champion in this World Cup, then perhaps Misbah would have been a national hero.

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