New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Mohammad Taha has hailed skipper Babar Azam for his guidance during his maiden Test fifty on debut against Sri Lanka on the first day of the first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday. Taha was one of the four debutants Pakistan fielded in the playing XI. Tayyab Arif, Arafat Minhas, and Saqib Khan were the other three.

Coming into the side on the back of some strong shows for Pakistan TV in the President's Trophy, Taha played a mature innings and showed lot of grit at No. 3 to score 51 off 105 deliveries on a greenish wicket that lured Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis to bowl first after winning the toss.

Sri Lanka struck back briefly by removing both Arif (57) and Azan Awais (30) in successive overs befo...