In the first Test match against Pakistan, West Indies broke a 113-year-old tradition by bowling to a spinner.
In the first Test match of the series played in Multan, Gadakesh Moti opened the bowling for the West Indies as a spinner for the first time, bowling the first ball to national team captain Shan Masood and creating history.
Previously, the last time a spinner opened the bowling in the first innings of a Test in Multan was in the series against England 3 months ago.
Overall, this is the 30th time in Test cricket that a spinner has opened the bowling in the first innings of a Test match, the previous 9 instances were by Asian bowlers, in which 3 times from Bangladesh, 4 times from India and 2 times from Pakistan, the innings was opened by spinners.
