10th May, 2017 when the duo, who took Pakistan cricket to new heights knew their time was up as Misbah-ul-Haq led his country onto the field for the very last time. It was Roseau where they were taking on the West Indies in the third Test with the series all square at one-all and everything to play for.
The Greens were looking to win and become the first-ever Pakistani team to win a series away to the Windies with Misbah and Younis looking to end their careers on a historic note.
West Indian captain, Jason Holder opted to bowl first after winning the toss and the onus was now on Pakistan batsman to put runs on the board to put the hosts under pressure.
The Shaheens did well to put up a fighting total in their first innings with Azhar Ali being the major contributor, scoring 127 with eight fours and 2 sixes in his 334-ball knock. Babar Azam, Misbah-ul-Haq and Wicket-keeper batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed scored half-centuries. Younis, who reached 10,000 runs for his country in the first Test - thus becoming the first Pakistani to achieve that feat - failed to go past 18 as the away team ended up with 376 on the board.
It was now up to the bowlers to get team Green a first innings lead and put them in a commanding position. The home team were defensive from the start as they were going at 1.59 rpo when Yasir Shah struck in the 27th over. It was just what the doctor ordered as the wickets now started to fall with the leg-spinner took the first three wickets. Roston Chase stood tall amongst all this as he scored 69 off 155 deliveries but Mohammad Abbas had the last laugh as he finished with 5/46 as Pakistan took a 129-run lead.
Men in Greens' start wasn't good as they lost Azhar Ali (3) and Babar Azam (0) before lunch on day four. The loss of Babar brought Younis Khan at the crease for one last time and he looked good but could only manage 35 in his final test innings with captain Misbah also failing in what was his last outing.
The top 6 couldn't do much but Amir's 27, Yasir Shah's 55-ball 38 and Hasan Ali's 6-ball cameo of 15 allowed captain to declare at 174/8 and give his bowlers 96 overs to take all 10 wickets for victory.
Yasir Shah was crucial as he again struck to dismiss home team's openers but West Indian batsmen were stubborn especially Roston Chase. He was a thorn in Pakistan's side. The right-handed batman kept the Greens' bowlers at bay for as long as he could despite running out of partners. The all-rounder was resilient in his unbeaten knock of 101 off 239 deliveries and just as he was close to seeing out the game with just seven balls left, calamity struck.
It will remain a mystery as to what went through Gabriel's mind as he tried a wild swing when he just only had to see off that delivery by Yasir Shah and hand over the strike for the last over to the centurion but Chase was left stranded at non-strikers end as the leg-spinner claimed his fifth of the innings and his eight of the match, making sure the two Pakistani greats finish their career off with a memorable series win as this lot of players became the first-ever to win a series in West Indies with Misbah-ul-Haq adding yet another high to his impressive record of captaincy - Pakistan's most successful Test captain ever with 26 wins in 56 matches.
