In the series of Pakistan vs Bangladesh, everything goes against Pak. In Pak’s cricket history, they lost a Test match to Ban for the first time. And They also lost the two-match Test series.
Bangladesh has sealed the Test series 2-0 against Pakistan for the first time.
The first test match was won by Bangladesh
In the first test match, Ban won by 10 wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim, a star batsman scored a historic 191 runs.
Before that, in Pak’s first innings, Rizwan and Shakeel played well. They scored 171 and 141 runs, respectively.
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In the middle of the first test, Pak seemed to have the upper hand. But, in the 3rd inning, Ban’s bowler turned the game in Ban’s favor.Â
In the 3rd inning, Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 4 wickets. Ban’s superstar all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, took 3. As a result of strong bowling by Ban, Pak scored only 146 runs, and Ban chased down the target with 10 wickets in hand. Mushfiqur Rahim became Man of the Match in the first match for his remarkable knock.
The second test match
The teams played the second test of the series at the same venue, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
In this test, Pakistan made the same controversial decisions. They did not include star bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah in their playing XI.
Ban wins the toss and elects to bowl first.
In the first inning of the match, Pak made 274 runs. Sam Ayub, Shan Masood, and Agha Salman each made fifty.
Ban’s bowler did well. Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets, and Taskin Ahmed took three.
In the second inning of the match, Ban lost control as they lost 6 wickets for a score of 26 runs. But Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz stabilized the innings and made a partnership of 165 runs at a hard time. Ban scored 262 runs in the 2nd inning of the match. For the Pak bowling lineup, Khurram Shahzad took 6 wickets.
In the 3rd inning of the match, Pak made 172 runs. No Pak batsman scored a fifty. Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman made 43 and 47 runs, respectively. Pak scored 172. If we talk about Ban’s bowlers, Hasan Mahmud took 5 wickets and Nahid Rana took 4 wickets.
Ban gets a target of 185 runs to win the match, which they easily chased down with 6 wickets in hand.
Pakistan vs Bangladesh Performance in Series
For an outstanding inning of 138 runs, Litton Das became the Man of the Match.Â
Mehidy Hasan Miraz becomes the Player of the series. He made 155 runs and took 10 wickets in this series.
Shan Masood-led Pakistan’s horror show continues. This is Pakistan’s 10th straight winless home Test match, a record. They lost 6 and drew 4 of their last 10 home Tests.
In the past, Pakistan had a strong Test side. But now, they struggle to win a single match at home.
