Pakistan's off-spinner Sajid Khan delivered a remarkable performance in the first Test against the West Indies, earning the 'Player of the Match' award for his outstanding contribution to the team's 127-run victory in Multan.

Multan: Off-spinner Sajid Khan masterminded Pakistan’s emphatic 127-run win against the West Indies with a match haul of nine wickets in the first test on Sunday. Khan followed

West Indies were bowled out for 123 after being set a target of 251 by Pakistan on a spinning pitch; Sajid Khan took a nine-wicket match haul while West Indies Jomel Warrican claimed a seven-for; watc

Sajid Khan and Abrar Ahmed wreaked havoc with the ball taking nine wickets combined for 77 runs to help Pakistan defend the 251-run target as the hosts took a 1-0 lead over the West Indies here at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Sajid followed his four-wicket haul in the first innings with 5-50 as the West Indies were bowled out for 123 runs in the second after being set a target of 251

Off-spinner Sajid Khan led Pakistan to a 127-run victory against the West Indies with an impressive nine-wicket haul in the first Test match. Despite a strong showing by the Pakistani spinners, both teams remain at the lower end of the World Test Championship points table.

Spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali made hay with the new ball in Multan, taking nine wickets between them to bundle out West Indies for 137 before captain Shan Masood's second-innings fifty helped Pakistan to build a 202-run lead on the second day of the first test on Saturday.

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Pakistan 230 (Shakeel 84, Rizwan 71, Seales 3-27) and 157 (Masood 52, Warrican 7-32) beat West Indies 137 (Warrican 31*, Noman 5-39, Sajid 4-65) and 123 (Athanaze 55, Sajid 5-50, Abrar 4-27) by 127 runs Well,

On Saturday, January 18, at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Pakistan began Day 2 at 143/4, with Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel having already registered half-centuries. They added 44 runs to the overnight score before the southpaw was dismissed by a peach of a delivery by Kevin Sinclair.