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Babar Azam and Pakistan's debutants take on Rawalpindi's green pitch

Sports TV's Pakistan-Sri Lanka highlights pass 1.5 million views, with Tayyab Arif's attacking debut alongside Babar's half-century.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,856,512 views a day, 244 times a normal first day on this channel (7,612).

Full Highlights | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | 1st Test Day 1 | Test Series 2026 | M9V1J

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0:29Sri Lanka choose to bowl at Rawalpindi, with the team selections following.
2:00Tayyab Arif and Azan Awais face Sri Lanka's pace attack on a green-tinged pitch.
5:14Arif attacks, including a pull over the boundary for his first Test six.
8:36Sri Lanka begin breaking through Pakistan's opening partnership.
14:13Babar Azam reaches his half-century; his dismissal follows shortly afterward.
17:13Saud Shakeel joins Muhammad Taha as Pakistan build toward the tea interval.

Tayyab Arif's first six in Test cricket comes with a pull over the boundary, hardly a cautious introduction to the format. Pakistan's opening day against Sri Lanka gives Sports TV a story about new arrivals as well as a familiar name in Babar Azam.

The full highlights have drawn about 1.5 million views in 16 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening day for regular videos. Its separate session highlights and individual batting clips are also attracting unusually large audiences for their formats.

At Rawalpindi, Sri Lanka win the toss and choose to bowl on a green-tinged pitch. Roshan Abeysinghe backs their decision to select four seamers, while Pakistan's lineup introduces four Test debutants. It is a setting that promises an examination of the newcomers' technique.

Arif answers with attacking strokes before Sri Lanka remove both openers. Babar then supplies the familiar cover drive and reaches a half-century, only for Dilshan Madushanka to find his edge shortly afterward. Muhammad Taha, another debutant, helps carry the innings through lunch and into a partnership with Saud Shakeel.

Sports TV has also broken the day into smaller pieces: Babar's boundaries, Taha raising his bat on debut, and Shakeel's reaction to an unexpected throw from Fernando each get their own upload.

Under the full highlights, viewers discuss Arif's stroke-making and Babar's fifty, but Shakeel's batting gets repeated attention too. Several comments single out his left-handed technique and the qualities that suit him to Test cricket.

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What viewers say

Saud Shakil is a class..proper test inning
@spartant_1212See it on YouTube
After a long time a batsman looks technical with a stroke maker. Tayab
@RANJANVLOG09See it on YouTube
Babar bhai we are waiting for a big one 🙏
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Beautiful batting by the left hander “Saud” 😍
@anjanajanith1081See it on YouTube
What a good wicket i have to say atleast for day 1 good batting and good bowling
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What a good player of test cricket SAUD is 🔥
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The facts

Channel: Sports TV
Subscribers: 2,540,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 24,690,253
Channel views, pace per day: 6,513,998 (on a normal day: 5,832,154)
Video published: November 9, 2026
Video views so far: 1,507,229 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 1,856,512

The numbers

The full highlights stand well above Sports TV's usual first-day audience for regular videos. The comment section is already much busier than a typical opening day, too.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,612

this video

1,856,512

subscribers

2,540,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,238,092,111

views per day

6,513,998