Veteran batsman Younis Khan overtook batting great Inzamam-ul-Haq as the most prolific century-maker in Pakistan Test history with twin centuries in the first Test against Australia.

The 36-year-old has also become the first batsman in more than 40 years to post twin centuries against Australia - New Zealand's Glenn Turner did it in 1974

Younis scored 106 on the first day of the match in Dubai, his 25th Test hundred drawing him level with former skipper Inzamam as the country's top century scorer in Tests.

He grabbed the record just three days later, finishing unbeaten on 103 in Pakistan's second-innings total 2-286 on day four, an overall lead of 438.

Younis record feat came in just his 92 Tests, compared to 119 matches by Inzamam and he became the seventh Pakistani batsmen, but first against Australia, to score twin hundreds in a Test.

Hanif Mohammad (1964), Javed Miandad (1984), Wajahatullah Wasti (1999), Yasir Hameed (2003), Inzamam-ul Haq (2005) and Mohammad Yousuf (2006) had also achieved the distinction in the past.

Younis's milestone comes as a remarkable turnaround from events just a month ago where he was involved in a public tussle with the Pakistan Cricket Board over the selectors' decision to drop him from the ODI series against Australia.

"Don’t select me, not even in Tests. I sacrifice my future," he had said.