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Sports TV's Rawalpindi highlights pass 700,000 views as Pakistan's debutant removes both overnight centurions before bad light interrupts the day.
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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 827,784 views a day, 106 times a normal first day on this channel (7,825).
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Video summary
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- 1:17Saqib removes Dhananjaya de Silva with an edge through to the wicketkeeper.
- 3:25Kusal Mendis follows, caught behind after surviving an earlier dropped chance.
- 4:30A slip catch off Sonal Dinusha gives Saqib five wickets on debut.
- 6:17Babar Azam's successful lbw review brings Saqib his seventh wicket.
- 8:06Pakistan's second innings begins, with Asitha Fernando dismissing Tayyab Arif lbw on review.
- 14:40Umpires inspect the light as worsening conditions interrupt Pakistan's reply; the day's closing decision follows.
Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis had made Pakistan work for their wickets. Saqib Khan removes both in the opening stretch of Sports TV's fourth-day highlights, turning Sri Lanka's settled innings into a very different morning.
The full highlights have passed 700,000 views in 17 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for a regular video. The first-session package and a separate edit of Saqib's five-wicket haul are also drawing unusually large audiences.
Saqib's spell gives those edits their story. De Silva edges behind first. Mendis survives a dropped chance before edging to the wicketkeeper too. A slip catch brings the debutant his fifth wicket, but he isn't finished: an lbw dismissal follows, then Babar Azam's successful review secures his seventh.
Sri Lanka still emerge with a narrow first-innings lead. Pakistan's reply has its own anxious moments, including Asitha Fernando's reviewed lbw dismissal of Tayyab Arif and chances that Sri Lanka cannot hold as Azan and Mohammad Taha settle in.
The comments pick up two distinct threads: Saqib's accuracy and movement, and the playing time lost to poor light. Some viewers focus on his fuller length rather than sheer pace; others worry about how much cricket the conditions are allowing.
Sports TV has also given Babar's successful review its own Short. In the full highlights, though, the appeal is part of a longer sequence: a debutant reaching five wickets, then carrying straight on.
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What viewers say
Losing more than 30 overs each day to light is just sad.
@MeetMeetHereSee it on YouTubewhat a bowler saqib ...to make a good test bowler shouldn't need speed ...u need skill n wicket taking ability n accurate length which saqib have
@candyworld3441See it on YouTubeSaqib out swing look like Dale Steyn
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- Channel
- Sports TV
- Subscribers
- 2,550,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 30,494,997
- Channel views, pace per day
- 7,616,375 (on a normal day: 5,584,833)
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 703,885 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 827,784
The numbers
The full-day highlights lead the regular-video packages from Rawalpindi, with the first-session edit and Saqib's bowling feature also well above their usual starts.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which bowler takes seven wickets in these highlights?
Saqib reaches seven wickets when Babar Azam successfully reviews the lbw appeal against Asitha Fernando.